Eric Orts is a professor at Wharton and writing a book on The Moral Responsibility. I just came across a great quote in an article I read about recent automotive clean-air rules that were violated. A warning and good lesson to be reminded of. He says,
“You have yet another lesson of how expensive it is when you make a big legal or ethical mistake — $18 billion (the potential maximum fine) is not a small number, and it is avoidable. It could really be cheaper if companies could watch themselves and regulate themselves and do the right thing without the big government over your head. When you have an event like this, looks like maybe we do need big government some times to look at big companies. That model will get reinforced. You do need watchdogs to ensure that the rules are being followed.”
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