Comments on: Good Business Vs. Bad Courts http://www.tonykatz.com/2010/01/good-business-vs-bad-courts/ American. Capitalist. Believer. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron http://www.tonykatz.com/2010/01/good-business-vs-bad-courts/#comment-1100 Aaron Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:58:26 +0000 http://www.tonykatz.com/?p=412#comment-1100 The back pay was indeed excessive punishment for McDonalds in this case, but the infraction didn't warrant termination. A simple written warning and a brief counseling session, perhaps even a brief suspension would have accomplished the same thing for free. The "what if everyone did it" analogy is a nice math exercise for grade school children, but not really very telling in this case. And the thoughtless theft of a piece of cheese with no thought to ones own gain hardly equates to the theft of a diamond. The punishment, after all, should fit the crime. Don't you think? The back pay was indeed excessive punishment for McDonalds in this case, but the infraction didn’t warrant termination. A simple written warning and a brief counseling session, perhaps even a brief suspension would have accomplished the same thing for free.

The “what if everyone did it” analogy is a nice math exercise for grade school children, but not really very telling in this case. And the thoughtless theft of a piece of cheese with no thought to ones own gain hardly equates to the theft of a diamond. The punishment, after all, should fit the crime. Don’t you think?

]]> By: Diane http://www.tonykatz.com/2010/01/good-business-vs-bad-courts/#comment-1099 Diane Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:11:06 +0000 http://www.tonykatz.com/?p=412#comment-1099 Maybe the court saw the issue in this light because the cheese was American...maybe they would have thought differently if it was Swiss... Maybe the court saw the issue in this light because the cheese was American…maybe they would have thought differently if it was Swiss…

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