By treating it like malicious homicide by default.
After the Vaal Reefs mine disaster a law was passed that made mine owners automatically guilty of homicide without trial unless they could prove that they had taken all possible steps to prevent an accident. Depending on the country in South Africa this could either means 15 years/life sentence or death penalty by firing squad/hanging.
Suddenly BAM! State of the art safety systems and proper protocols put in place to greatly improve safety and working conditions for miners in Africa.
Things will change when CEOs and shareholders will be put to the sword rather than have a wrists slapped with a negligible fine.
I don't think it should matter how big a company is. If it fucks up, heads need to roll. And if said company decides to pull out from a country at sign of consequence then I consider that a dodged bullet.
I'm under no illusion that it would make things worse for the foreseeable future but sooner or later the breaking point will be reached as repeated offenders will only get more unscrupulous.
By treating it like malicious homicide by default.
After the Vaal Reefs mine disaster a law was passed that made mine owners automatically guilty of homicide without trial unless they could prove that they had taken all possible steps to prevent an accident. Depending on the country in South Africa this could either means 15 years/life sentence or death penalty by firing squad/hanging.
Suddenly BAM! State of the art safety systems and proper protocols put in place to greatly improve safety and working conditions for miners in Africa.
Things will change when CEOs and shareholders will be put to the sword rather than have a wrists slapped with a negligible fine.
Yeah, but I was trying to highlight the difficulty of international regulation. Int'l shipping companies have the power here. Countries need them.
Shipping companies need countries more.
How many global shipping companies are there comprising, say, the 90% of volume, vs how many countries? I forget what we're arguing about.
I don't think it should matter how big a company is. If it fucks up, heads need to roll. And if said company decides to pull out from a country at sign of consequence then I consider that a dodged bullet.
I'm under no illusion that it would make things worse for the foreseeable future but sooner or later the breaking point will be reached as repeated offenders will only get more unscrupulous.