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Elizabeth Warren: “When a company breaks the law, it is because the people running the company broke the law.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2018
When a company breaks the law, it is because the people running the company broke the law.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes personal accountability for corporate wrongdoing.

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