<story><title>Scandals suggest standards have slipped in corporate America</title><url>https://www.economist.com/business/2019/04/06/scandals-suggest-standards-have-slipped-in-corporate-america</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sn41</author><text>Nonsense. Trying to get away with whatever you can, has always existed as a principle. Nowadays, it is easy to forget Dow Chemicals, Philip Morris etc. which were nothing short of nefarious in their pursuit of profits. Bhopal still takes the cake in industrial disasters, not Chernobyl [1].&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Bhopal_disaster&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Bhopal_disaster&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Scandals suggest standards have slipped in corporate America</title><url>https://www.economist.com/business/2019/04/06/scandals-suggest-standards-have-slipped-in-corporate-america</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>roenxi</author><text>We live in an era where it is very, very challenging to cover up scandals. Previously, we lived in an era where it was very easy to cover up a scandal &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; what was counted as a scandal was a much higher bar.&lt;p&gt;It is unlikely standards have slipped. Standards are likely rising.</text></comment>