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That's pretty much the status quo for employment. When Enron went under, we didn't say "Well, the janitors didn't have anything to do with it, so they keep getting paid." If you work for a company and some at the top does something stupid, you're going to get punished for it, ever though you had nothing to do with it.

Honestly, it almost forms a neat free market solution to corruption. A savy insurance firm should start offering Employer Corruption plans that would pay out if you lost your job due to a conviction of the company. Shadier firms would have higher insurance rates and thus would have a harder time finding employees.

If my house catches fire and I don't have insurance, I don't get a new house, even though if I didn't start the fire. If my company goes under and I don't have insurance, I don't get paid, even if I'm not the person who wrecked the company.



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