Fine
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Why fines?
In the Game your team can get a fine, or even several fines. These fines can be given for different reasons. Your coach can tell you the exact reason for it, and also for a bonus. Not all of these fines are avoidable; some of them are the consequence of an unlucky situation, as it can happen in reality. A fine could be anything from € 10,000 up to a maximum of € 100,000. Fines can be given in Year 0 (the strategic choices) and Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 where you make all your decisions.
Fines can be given for:
- Game rules
For instance not dealing with the obligations of the Game in the right way: fill-in failures, not meeting the deadline, uploading pictures the wrong way, problems with usernames and passwords, using copyrighted photos, making decisions that are not allowed etc.
- Game content
In the Game you sometimes have to react to questions asked by Jill Jandal, the Board of Directors or sometimes governmental organizations. If you fail in doing so or are too late, or if you can't deliver your financial figures on a tax control, you might get fined. Things that are forbidden in real life are also forbidden in the game, so they might lead to a fine. For instance, forming a price-bond with other teams is not allowed.
- Game accusation
One of the other teams or organisations can accuse you. You also have the right to do so. Accusing a team leads to a lawsuit. Any team can ask a court to decide on issues. This can be another team or any organisation, and vice versa. In the Game, the coaches will decide on this and ask law experts to advise them. Keep in mind that accusing will cost you € 25,000 which, if you win the case, will have to be paid by the losing party. The verdict of the court can also mean that if your indictment was not valid, you might have to pay the costs of the court, the costs of the accused party and get a fine for compensating your wrongdoing.
Influence of fines
Fines and bonuses will have a direct effect on the profit of the year in which they are given. There is a row in your operating review (tab 'Results') where they are mentioned. They will directly influence (for the good or the bad) the result of a year. But as the results of any year lead to the total of the profit (or loss) accumulated after all of the years played, any figure on the operating review has an influence on your ranking and net profit. So do fines and bonuses.
A bonus or fine will directly make your net profit go up or down.
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