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Shades Of Enron: The Legal Ethics Implications Of The General Motors Scandal, Michele Benedetto Neitz
Shades Of Enron: The Legal Ethics Implications Of The General Motors Scandal, Michele Benedetto Neitz
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Here we go again. "Where were the Lawyers?" is becoming a predicable refrain in response to any wide-ranging corporate scandal. General Motors is battling a rising deluge of lawsuits, investigations, and government fines in the wake of its February 2014 recall of millions of cars for a safety defect. The defect, a faulty ignition switch, is allegedly responsible for 13 fatalities and hundreds of injuries.
The sorrow of the tragic loss of life in this case is now joined by growing public anger about a cover-up at the company to avoid liability for the defect. GM's engineers and managers may …