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In response to "so the fact he knew and did nothing for a year is OK? I hopefully am missing your argument here -- nm" by Beaker

I'm saying, here's the hypothetical situation

Posted by Max Oct 8 '15, 11:06

it's 2013. Engineers are testing the final product and the emissions results look bad. They bring this up to their supervisor (or VP or whoever) who says "We still have to make the launch date. Just make it work." and the CEO is never informed. CEOs just don't have the time or interest in being involved in these decisions the way conspiracy theorists imagine. It's the mid-line employees who are doing this more often than not, I think.

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- Right. "Our cars aren't going to meet emissions standards" is an issue that has to get elevated. -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 11:22 10
  - Unless that department made sure it didn't get elevated. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:25 7
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      - true, but in my conspiracy theory I'm picking the most likely culprit, not the public face of the company just because he's the CEO. - Max Oct 8, 11:46 3
        
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        I tend to believe the latter two are more frequently true, and I think the public and especially members of congress tend to want it to be the former - Max Oct 8, 11:56 1
        
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    - Again, then, the question is why was it hidden. That's a big corporate problem and you have to look to the top for who is responsible. -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 11:34 1
      - True, and the CEO should be responsible regardless. - Max Oct 8, 11:42
  - which is why the Germans raided their HQ. To look for the "smoking gun" discussions on it -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:23 1
    - or smoking tailpipe as the case may be -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:24
There are many situations where I think that happens. This is a big enough deal where I think it gets to the CEO or upper management in some way. - pmb Oct 8, 11:12 1
- "I didn't know about it" is a great defense from a legal standpoint, but opens you up to a whole new world of business shit from the investors. -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 11:43
Oh I agree, but then when WVU released their study and it came out in 2014 he should have known something was up then but did jack shit -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:10 1
- till California and the EPA went after them in Sept 2015. He knew in 2014 something was up or should of and did nada -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:11

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