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corporations had
paid in the decade.
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Exxon pled guilty in connection
to federal criminal charges
:36:07
with the Valdez spill and paid
$ 125 million in criminal fines.
:36:12
General Electric
:36:13
was guilty of defrauding
the federal government
:36:14
and paid $ 9.5 million
in criminal fines.
:36:18
Chevron was guilty of
environmental violations
:36:21
and paid $ 6.5 million
in fines.
:36:23
Mitsubishi was guilty
of anti-trust violations
:36:25
and paid $ 1.8 million in fines.
:36:26
IBM was guilty of
illegal exports and paid.
:36:29
Eastman Kodak was guilty of
environmental violations.
:36:32
Pfizer the drug manufacturer
:36:34
was guilty of
antitrust violations.
:36:38
Odwalla was guilty of food and
drug regulatory violations.
:36:40
Sears was guilty of...
:36:42
Damon Clinical Laboratories
was guilty of...
:36:44
Blue Cross Blue
Shield was guilty of
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Again and again we have
the problem
:37:04
that whether you obey
the law or not
:37:06
is a matter whether
its cost effective.
:37:09
If the chance
of getting caught
:37:10
and the penalties are less
than it costs to comply
:37:15
people think of it as
just a business decision.
:37:20
Drawing the metaphor of
the early attempts to fly.
:37:33
Theban going off of a very
high cliff in his airplane
:37:37
with the wings flapping
:37:39
and the guys
flapping the wings
:37:41
and the wind
is in his face
:37:42
and this poor fool
think shes flying
:37:45
but in fact
hes in freefall
:37:47
and he just doesnt
know it yet
:37:49
because the ground
is so far away
:37:52
but of course the craft
is doomed to crash.
:37:59
Thats the way our
civilization is