Should individual employees or managers of a corporation be penalized (through fines or imprisonment) if they are responsible when their companies commit illegal acts? For example, if a company is fined for polluting, should the people who authorized and carried out the pollution be fined as well? Why or why not?

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Should individual employees or managers of a corporation be penalized (through fines or imprisonment) if they are responsible when their companies commit illegal acts? For example, if a company is fined for polluting, should the people who authorized and carried out the pollution be fined as well? Why or why not?

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