Report Blames Takata Issues On Culture Of Profits Over Quality

Takata Corp. must make quality a part of company culture if it hopes to prevent future safety defects like the exploding airbags at the center of the largest automotive recall in U.S. history, a panel appointed by the Tokyo-based manufacturer to review its manufacturing process concluded.

The auto parts maker needs to improve its monitoring of potential safety defects in its products, including establishing teams to track data from incident reports and giving quality-control personnel the ability to halt production when necessary, the independent panel of former government regulators and engineering experts said in a report issued today.

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poot66 - 2/3/2016 9:41:25 AM

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This is a funny conversation to have about a company whose job it is to make devices to save peoples lives.

Holydude - 2/3/2016 11:11:04 AM

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Sounds like Mercedes in the early 2000's.

TheSteve - 2/3/2016 1:56:17 PM

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There's nothing wrong with money. Or wealth, or profit.

But when individuals place greater importance on money/wealth/profit than they do on honesty, integrity, fair exchange, ethics, and caring about the wellness of their fellow humans, then that individual sets off ripple that inevitably have dire consequences. An enterprise, which is a mass collection of individuals, merely amplified this phenomenon.

VW, with their Dieselgate and related scandals (falsified CO2 emissions in gas cars, falsified fuel economy numbers, tax fraud, etc.) is just one example of a company that reveres profit at any cost... and got caught.