[winstonx]

Many posts here express dismay at Airbnb's selective disregard for the law.

Companies often ignore laws when it is expected to be profitable. It's a simple matter of risk management. And it is a straightforward consequence of our economic and legal system.

See this 2012 article "Should Companies Obey the Law If Breaking It Is More Profitable?" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-radcliffe/should-companie...

[npizzolato]

Then we should change the equation. Maybe if we started prosecuting executives that break the law instead of just fining the companies, we would start having companies that follow the law.

[bsder]

Exactly. Companies need to receive the death penalty for some of these infractions so that there is no incentive to game the laws.

After a investors lose 100%, they will stop funding companies that do illegal stuff.