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MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
Fri May 25, 2012, 04:21 PM May 2012

Ambrose Bierce defines "Incorporation"

Incorporation, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for their actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. [Ambrose Bierce, 1885]


I think he did an excellent job of it, too.
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Ambrose Bierce defines "Incorporation" (Original Post) MineralMan May 2012 OP
He'd be right TBMASE May 2012 #1
Exceptions. MineralMan May 2012 #2
 

TBMASE

(769 posts)
1. He'd be right
Fri May 25, 2012, 05:05 PM
May 2012

if the crimes of the individuals were actually shielded by the corporate umbrella.

See Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling.

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