&quot;Taking responsibility&quot; means very little these days. The problem with corporations is that nobody is truly responsible for any crimes committed by the company. If the people responsible were to actually go to prison or pay any fines out of their own pockets, then I suspect they would be a lot more careful.<p>Any fines paid by the company itself, no matter how crippling, eventually only really hurts the workers (because they&#x27;re downsized), the customer (higher prices to cover the extra cost) or even shareholders (sometimes that may be appropriate, sometimes not). Ultimately higher management remains in control, and no matter how guilty they are, they invariably end up being the ones to decide who really gets punished here.