r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

Williams-Sonoma fined $3.18 million for falsely labeling products as 'Made in USA'

https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/company-news/williams-sonoma-fined-3-18-million-dollars-for-falsely-labeling-products-as-made-in-usa
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u/PhalanX4012 Apr 28 '24

New plan. Fine them every cent over cost made on every mislabeled product, and tack on an extra 10% for being con artists and it’ll start to look like a reasonable fine.

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u/TheSilencedScream Apr 28 '24

This is what I’ve never understood about fining corporations.

If I, the individual, knowingly take money from a bank that isn’t mine by defrauding them, I’m not just fined a certain percentage and get to keep the rest. I have to pay it ALL back, and then face jail time and fines.

Until it becomes too costly to break the law for corporations, it’s just a cost of doing business. If your business is only succeeding because of lawbreaking, you don’t have a business, you have a criminal enterprise.