广播电视英语短句 第 201 课：公司与自然人-4

Yet corporations have a right that real people do not: limited liability. 但是，公司具有真正自然人所没有的权利，即有限责任。

For example, a corporation can face civil or criminal fines and individual lawbreakers can go to jail. 例如，公司可面临民事或刑事罚款，而个人违法者可进监狱。

But limited liability means the actions of a corporation are not the responsibility of its shareholders. 但是，有限责任意味着公司的行为不是股东的责任。

Jeff Sklansky says the nineteenth century development of limited liability helped shape the modern corporation. Jeff Sklansky 说， 19 世纪制定的有限责任促成了现代公司的形成。