Do you think that corperations should be held to the same moral standards as individuals?

emphasis on morals!!!! NOT ALL MORALS ARE NESSICARILLY LAWS
Repeated question.

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What...you didn't like the answers given two days ago? I guess you took me TOO literally when I suggested you try again.

Repeated answer to repeated question:

'NO! Then we'd REALLY be in trouble! Corporations may be investigated at any time by a dozen different agencies without a shred of evidence. Government agencies can walk into any of their facilities to insure compliance without notice. Imagine if they needed a warrant!

Edit to Additional Details: People can't be held to morals not their own WITHOUT laws to enforce them. Try again.'

Try this: How are individuals held to moral standards? Pressure and laws. Corporations ARE held to the same standards, through the same mechanisms. Give one example where they're not. Corporations give more to charities than almost anyone else. They have strict guidelines to insure tolerance and fairness (thanks to pressure from unions, lawsuits, and boycotts). They HAVE to stay on everyone's good sides if they wish to sell their wares.
Not before Rosie O'Donnel is held to the same morals as humans
Well, who are corporations being run by...people...we apparently don't hold individuals to too high of moral standards, so why should we expect anything different from corporations.
What I think matters not. Legally, corporations are not held to the same moral standards. This is one of the reasons why small venture capitalists will try to seek shelter under S Corporation status, or LLP status. If it can be shown, however, that the individuals of said limited liability corporation used the corporation's funds for their own personal use, then they are held liable under the 'alter ego' provisions of the law for their misuse of corporate funds.

Do I think that corporations SHOULD be held to the same moral standards as individuals? I don't know. I would defer to the laws already in place, which tend to suggest a 'no' answer to your question.


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I don't know how you would do it. You cannot sentence them to jail. All you can do is fine them or some similar sort of punishment. In the end it comes down to finding those in the corporation that did wrong and punishing them as individuals. The only purpose for a corporation is to make money for the stock holders. Why would it make sense to treat them like individuals? You cannot blame everybody, nor should you, for what might be one bad apple.
Since corporations are legally defined as 'bodies,' and get tax benefits because of this definition, why should they be exempt from the community mores where they conduct their business?
Too many of them get away with double standards and allow certain employees to offend others by failure to enforce their own policies, especially in the multi-cultural US locations.