In practice it often looks more like the case of the Ford Pinto: the company knew that the design was flawed and could result in the fuel tank exploding in a fireball during a rear-end collision, but the $9 it would cost to fix the issue was considered too expensive.

Convicting an executive for explicitly ordering a hit on a specific person? Fairly easy. Convicting an executive for letting several anonymous people die in order to increase profits? Virtually unheard of.