Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Business entities lack moral accountability like humans.
- In plain terms
- Companies can do harm without human moral cost.
- What can you take from it?
- Corporations are harder to punish than people.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we hold companies accountable?
- Who really runs corporations?
Another view
Modern law can and does impose sanctions on firms.
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