Punishments for lawyers, sure, but I think for HR is a bit harsh. Lawyers should hold responsibility for contracts, and if HR are sending contract without lawyers involver, senior/c-suite should be responsible for allowing such a process.
> nobody gave a shit about fines
Much like doctors (I imagine) fines are inseparable from insurance, and or capital held/made from some activity. Fines covered by the money you made doing whatever you did are symbolic - they need to ramp up each time or they become meaningless.
> You can't ask an employee to do something that could put them in prison
Yes you can. If you think of a company as a collective, prison is an easy way to encourage scapegoating.
I think a better way is license suspension. Break some trading law? You are no longer allowed to trade, all trading business now non-profitable. Required to supply some information proving you aren't up to no good? 30 days to provide it or your business license is suspended, all new business is illegal until resolved.
target business activity and it's harder to do BAU in the face of penalties.
The problem with that is a company can have many parts - fining the entire company for one dept will discourage large corporations. They'll just restructure and push all the risk to 3rd-party/contactors.
> nobody gave a shit about fines
Much like doctors (I imagine) fines are inseparable from insurance, and or capital held/made from some activity. Fines covered by the money you made doing whatever you did are symbolic - they need to ramp up each time or they become meaningless.
> You can't ask an employee to do something that could put them in prison
Yes you can. If you think of a company as a collective, prison is an easy way to encourage scapegoating.
I think a better way is license suspension. Break some trading law? You are no longer allowed to trade, all trading business now non-profitable. Required to supply some information proving you aren't up to no good? 30 days to provide it or your business license is suspended, all new business is illegal until resolved.
target business activity and it's harder to do BAU in the face of penalties.