Well, management should be punished for miscalculating business needs and failing to create a culture of work ethic, leading to a situation where people need to be let go.

It's their job to properly manage the business. They did not do their job properly, leading to the current mass firing. Of course it isn't a crime, but it does mean they are doing their job poorly. In virtually every single role that will have repercussions, so why does management get off scot-free?

> Well, management should be punished for miscalculating business needs and failing to create a culture of work ethic, leading to a situation where people need to be let go.

So, management should be punished for giving 12k people jobs in the first place.