People who are intererested in how management responsibility is viewed by the U.S. government might want to read up on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of the United States versus Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975). This is where an executive was found guilty under strict liability for selling unsanitary food even though he knew nothing about the contaminated food.
Best regards, Ron Wellman From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Scott B. Lacey Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 6:39 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Ethics grad work Therac-25 Part of the problem lies in the structure of most modern corporations. Good news propagates upward quickly while bad news gets filtered by yhe time it reaches the top. The analogy I like to use is of a feudal castle. The message "Tell the King the castle is on fire" is so heavily diluted that by the time it reached the King he would be left with the impression that there was a cozy fire in the fireplace. It is a sad fact of human nature that messengers bearing bad news are seldom rewarded for telling the truth. This makes the test engineer's job especially difficult. Scott B. Lacey - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
