Big companies should go public and declare that they’re innocent.
Every big company is all about providing good customer service and
abiding by the law and relying on employee integrity to do the right thing,
right?
You’ve probably read the big headlines about the fact that, almost 10
years ago, General Motors’ engineers and managers and executives discovered
they were using a faulty ignition switch. At the time, they decided not to
start using a new, improved switch because it would have added, literally,
about a-dollar-something to the cost of a new GM car. In the meantime, at least
13 people have died in accidents related to the faulty switch.
Now GM is on the hot seat, recalling 2.6 million vehicles and mumbling
banal contrition to congressional investigating committees.
Just for the record, I invite every company in the Fortune 500 and the
S&P 500 to do this:
Condemn General Motors, and make a public declaration that "our
company has never done anything like this in its entire history, and we
challenge current and former employees, and the news media, and the cable TV
talking heads, to prove otherwise."
I'll be waiting for the first company to go public with this one.
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