Management Secrets from History by Mark P. Donnelly

Author:Mark P. Donnelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780752482811
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

CORPORATE THEFT AND CRIME

If anyone brings an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offence charged, be put to death.

The punishment may seem a bit harsh, but the seriousness of false accusations and rumour campaigns should not be underestimated.

If anyone steals the property of a temple, or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.

In modern terms, anyone caught stealing from the company, no matter how small the theft, should be fined.

If anyone steals cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belongs to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay 30 fold therefore; if they belonged to a free man he shall pay ten fold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death.

An interesting deterrent to industrial espionage and theft of intellectual property!

If anyone has a consignment of corn or money, and he takes from the granary or box without the knowledge of the owner, then shall he who took corn without the knowledge of the owner out of the granary, or money out of the box, be legally convicted and repay the corn he has taken. And he shall lose whatever commission was paid to him, or due him.

A perfectly fair and equitable punishment for corporate theft.

If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.

If he breaks another man’s bone, his bone shall be broken.

If a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.

If anyone strikes the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive 60 blows with an ox-whip in public.

The above four laws have a distinctly Old Testament ‘eye for an eye’ flavour to them, but realistically, in-kind compensation for damages is not a bad idea for private or corporate property. In personal situations, however, it would prove massively unpopular, if not illegal.

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