GM Employees Resolve To Change After Report Exposes Internal Flaws

General Motors CEO Mary Barra said today that the company's employees are galvanized by the findings of its internal investigation into a deadly defect that exposed "incompetence" and a troubled corporate culture.

"They are absolutely owning the report," Barra said of the 325-page report released last week by outside attorney Anton Valukas on a GM ignition switch defect in 2.6 million small cars, which GM has linked to 13 deaths. His investigation found no corporate cover-up but blamed incompetence and a plodding GM culture for letting the problem fester for more than a decade.

The investigation cleared Barra and her top executives of wrongdoing but led to the ouster of 15 employees. Of those, 11 names have been reported by news organizations. Barra said no more dismissals are anticipated.

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TheSteve - 6/10/2014 2:41:26 PM

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Sort of like a thief vowing to stop stealing... but only after he's been caught red-handed :-(

TheSteve - 6/10/2014 2:44:06 PM

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Personally, I'd like to see a massive change in executive thinking at GM. That would include accountability, social responsibility, caring for something other than their own salaries, and maybe even making good products ('Vette and a few other exceptions exempted).

GM went bankrupt for a number of reasons, all self-determined. It wasn't "bad luck."

JDMUSMuscle - 6/10/2014 6:24:59 PM

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Accountability? Social responsibility? Caring for something other than their own salaries? And making GOOD products??

You should know, that there is no such thing in America anymore. In America, even if something happens, they just say "Ohh, too bad! Not my fault, you bought our junk!". Social responsibility sounds like something the Europeans would care about. Not something individualistic Americans would actually know nor care about.

And if it is not about salaries, the Americans don't work. Just like how the Chinese make tons of stuff only for profit, the Americans are the same.

And making good products...well, the United States is TOO POOR to even invest much on R&D, except maybe like in the military.

And basically there are far too many reasons as to why the European nations are doing so much better than the United States.

The U.S. is nothing more than just a European-wannabe, land of junk with tons of low cultures. The United States does not have the kind of culture like Japan does, where the people try to make products at reasonable prices and yet, maintain reliability (Not just in cars)

And the U.S. was meant to be the nation even "greater" than the European nations, but now, what kind of rich Americans would like to associate themselves with America? Only like "hardcore" patriots, maybe.

quizz - 6/11/2014 7:23:02 PM

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"The United States does not have the kind of culture like Japan does, where the people try to make products at reasonable prices and yet, maintain reliability."

So? If people don't think highly of American products, they won't buy it, and American products won't survive.

As far as the superiority of Japanese culture, I wouldn't get too carried away. They are as corrupt and self-interested as the next guy, it's human nature. Besides Olympus, what other Japanese companies are controlled by Yakuza? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_scandal