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by dahfizz 2559 days ago
You've not read the comment I responded to.

> No employee is breaking laws in an effort to further the objectives of a company

That's am absolute statement that employees are not to be held accountable.

> Responsibility isn't zero sum.

I totally agree. Doing a bad thing is bad. Ordering someone to do something bad is bad. Absolving someone who did something bad to fulfill your own twisted worldview is also bad.

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Yes I have. The full sentence, emphasis added:

> No employee is breaking laws in an effort to further the objectives of a company in a vacuum.

In other words: "in a vacuum" (i.e. without any influence or incentives from the company), employees will not break the law for the benefit of the company (as opposed to their own benefit). It's describing their behavior, not absolving them of guilt.