I still don't understand how you guys managed to build a country where a major defense contractor and a government agency can be found guilty. There's just too many reasons for this to fail to all the different level of corruption; I look at this marvelling at how the hell does it still work.
If you don't see it as an incredible achievement and don't feel proud of it, you don't have any perspective on what's the other parts of the world are like, and were like for the most part of history. Don't take things like this for granted.
They're not found guilty, government officials have "found that mistakes were made and the culture is rotten". The first brings legal punishments, the second can be waved away and swept under the rug with promises like "we'll do better next time". Maybe a few pawns will be fired to appease the public.
You've actually got a decent point, even if you haven't exactly grasped the nuances of what is going on. This is more of a public statement of intent that may turn into something, or may not. It's just the assembly making a statement. A conviction in the court of public opinion does not a conviction in a court of justice make, or an actual remediation of the regulatory process create. What it means for the parties involved is far from settled even though the entry in the history books is written. This'll make good fodder for campaigns, may shift the color of up and coming civil servants' careers, and will almost certainly pave the way for any type of criminal probes going on. Even with those, however, the criminal proceeding must be conducted against specific individuals, who will be exceedingly difficult to pin down beyond a reasonable doubt, or otherwise against the company itself likely on some other much lesser charge that will likely get negotiated down to something not terribly satisfying in the grand scheme of things. I mean, look at PG&E for an example of the outcome of a corporate actor being found guilty. Boeing (or at least it's civil aviation aspect) has much more to pull from in terms of slush expenditure to dedicate to softening the blow of this hiccup short of concerted political action or punitive lawmaking.
It's a sign. Encouraging to some, but empty, dust filled, and tasteless to many who expected much more of the system. I'm hoping these deaths will not be in vain and that this may kindle a political will to encourage greater corporate accountability and responsibility down the road; but beyond doing my small part I can't say as I entertain an excess of confidence of that happening. No offense meant, but it is also cold comfort indeed to be taking solace from, "we could be even more corrupt".
Then again, maybe, just maybe we'll manage to pull a rabbit out of this.
After all, it was an act of Congress, and if a bunch of people have done it, well...
Stands to reason yet another group of folks can do it.
If you don't see it as an incredible achievement and don't feel proud of it, you don't have any perspective on what's the other parts of the world are like, and were like for the most part of history. Don't take things like this for granted.