GT 550
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In itself it doesn't, but the top guys are responsible for culture. Fish rots from the head so if culture is bad the top guys are the ones that need to wear it. Accountability at top levels doesn't bite often enough unfortunately, particularly given the utterly obscene differential between their pay and workers' pay.firing the top guy doesn't solve the minions not caring especially if they aren't personally held responsible, nor the ethos in the engineering department, in receiving, in assembly line...
Yup. It's a race for the bottom to see how low costs can be driven before something breaks because what's the worst that can happen? An inquiry/investigation leads to lots of fake contrition and huffing about learning and doing better while those responsible generally just walk away or are dismissed only to pop up elsewhere as though nothing happened. Big companies - over here anyway - often have better legal resources than Governments so litigation is rare due to extreme selectiveness based on the likelihood of success. They've also worked out that the cost of addressing issues is outweighed by the cost of prevention which, aided and abetted by the hurdles placed in one's way by private and public sector alike make it difficult to call them to account. Companies have worked out that it's not about doing what you should, its about doing what you can get away with.I would place the blame on the world we are living right now. If you pay attention to the things you are buying these days you might notice that quality is slipping everywhere. From the food we buy to the durable goods for sale in big box stores.
The solution is to stop buying their stuff but many societies have become addicted to the opiate of consumerism.
/rant
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