When a company breaks the law, it is because the people running the company broke the law.
Elizabeth Warren: “When a company breaks the law, it is because the people running the company broke the law.”
On the recordMarch 7, 2018
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Warren emphasizes personal accountability for corporate wrongdoing.
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