The sociological imagination and legal ethics

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2016-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1460728x.2016.1189116

R. Rosen

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Abstract

ABSTRACT For ten years, General Motors (GM) denied that an ignition switch that could easily be turned to ‘Off’ constituted a safety defect. Accidents, deaths and injuries resulted. Despite many, many suits against GM, the problem remained uncorrected. The explanations that have been proffered are interrogated in this article and others are suggested. It concludes that a bureaucratic legal department is partly to blame, and criticises how the legal department evaluated cases by their settlement value. It criticises GM’s culture of blaming drivers for accidents. It concludes that the main problem at GM was not bureaucracy, but poor organisation of team management. GM was not organised for accountability without hierarchy. The article suggests that lawyers can play a key role in improving corporate decision making.

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社会学想象与法律伦理

十年来，通用汽车公司(GM)一直否认一种可以轻易关闭的点火开关构成安全缺陷。造成了事故、死亡和伤害。尽管有许多针对通用汽车的诉讼，但这个问题仍未得到纠正。本文对已提出的解释进行了探讨，并提出了其他解释。它的结论是，官僚主义的法律部门负有部分责任，并批评了法律部门如何根据和解价值评估案件。它批评了通用汽车将事故归咎于司机的文化。它的结论是，通用汽车的主要问题不是官僚主义，而是团队管理组织不力。通用汽车的组织不是为了没有等级制度的问责制。本文认为，律师可以在改善公司决策方面发挥关键作用。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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