It 's instructive to follow a news story and see how people respond to it , says Amitai Etzioni . For example , Wall Street firms repeatedly break laws they 've pledged not to break , he says . The SEC has been cracking down on them for years, but the public is still largely unaware of what happens inside these companies because there aren't many stories about this sort of thing in mainstream media outlets like SEC lets these firms off with weak settlements , and they wo n't admit wrongdoing . Furthermore , these settlements do not even require the companies to admit to the charges brought against them . The media and our government ignore such outrages , allowing them to continue , he says .
It 's instructive to follow a news story and see how people respond to it , says Amitai Etzioni . For example , Wall Street firms repeatedly break laws they 've pledged not to break , he says . The SEC has been cracking down on them for years, but the public is still largely unaware of what happens inside these companies because there aren't many stories about this sort of thing in mainstream media outlets like SEC lets these firms off with weak settlements , and they wo n't admit wrongdoing . The media and our government ignore such outrages , allowing them to continue , he says .