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See the documentary "The Corporation" (2003)

It looks at what sort of 'people' Corporations are:

The documentary attempts to compare the way corporations are systematically compelled to behave with what it claims are the DSM-IV's symptoms of psychopathy, e.g., the callous disregard for the feelings of other people, the incapacity to maintain human relationships, the reckless disregard for the safety of others, the deceitfulness (continual lying to deceive for profit), the incapacity to experience guilt, and the failure to conform to social norms and respect the law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation_(2003_film)


Most 'enterprisey' systems of the era were just as shoddy as Horizon. The problem was that the post office were in a position to aggressively prosecute users and decided to do so (and then the whole chain of cover ups and dissembling for years after as widely documented).

All in all its a lesson in just how easy it is to cover your arse as an executive in a large company, and get away with pretty much anything. Only the most tenacious work by many people over decades has any chance of holding you accountable.


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