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Tesla has said it does not tolerate harassment and has disciplined and fired workers who engaged in misconduct.

From Reuters • May 24, 2022

The company has reportedly escalated its campaign to get rid of pro-union signs and literature and has disciplined workers for organizing.

From The Verge • Apr. 25, 2022

The US military has disciplined more than a dozen personnel, including officers following the strike.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2016

In other journalism news, Rolling Stone apologizes for a discredited story about an alleged rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house and announces that it has disciplined its lead fact-checker, Brian Williams.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2015

Can it be supposed that the loss of office, that the ten years’ hunger for the loaves and fishes endured by the Tory party, has disciplined them into a wiser humanity?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 by Various