A renewed debate is under way in Switzerland over how far companies should be held legally liable for failing to meet sustainability due-diligence obligations, as the country considers a second Corporate Responsibility Initiative alongside a Federal Council counter-proposal. Legal scholar Rolf H. Weber of the University of Zurich has argued that much of the public discussion is driven by politics rather than law, noting that instruments such as employer liability and group-level piercing of the corporate veil already exist under Swiss law and have for decades. He warns that distorted framing of the debate risks producing either a redundant special statute or an overly strict "Swiss finish" that exceeds EU standards — the opposite of what Swiss business interests require.