Toyota-owned automaker halts Japan production after admitting it tampered with safety tests for 30 years | CNN Business
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Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted production after admitting it falsified data in safety tests for its vehicles for 30 years.

Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years.

        • ByteJunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          214·
          2 years ago

          I get the anger, but that’s the worst possible solution.

          Where do you think the people that have been pulling this off successfully for years are gonna go? To unemployment lines, or to the next big paycheck in some other company? Spoiler alert: publicly traded companies are the natural habitat of ambitious twats with zero scruples.

          And how about the guys that actually work the shop floor, how likely are they to have some other work opportunity that pays as well?

            • ByteJunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
              42·
              2 years ago

              Your hitting a straw man , but knock yourself out.

              Nowhere was I advocating for “basic punishment”. Take the fuckers who came up with this and give them good proper jail sentences. Do the same to every single guy above them who allowed this. Slap fines that are a % of the company’s revenue, and not some weak ass random value. Go after the shareholders and make them pay the fine, not allowing the company bankrupt.

              Closing down the company makes everything go away, the guys who benefited billions off of this get to walk away without a scratch. And you think that’s the better idea… Oh man.

    • Magrath@lemmy.caEnglish
      17·
      2 years ago

      I don’t think that’s the way to do it. The workers who have nothing to do with it get shafted by losing their jobs and there is a little less competition in a world where there isn’t enough in some industries. I think long jail sentences will the best deterrent. Fines only do so much. C-level executives needs to start going to jail.

      • Pyr@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        Shutter a company and instead of a fine force the company to continue paying those workers at full pay for a defined amount of time like 5-10 years.

      • RagingRobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        2 years ago

        But that would encourage workers to speak up if they see their companies doing something wrong because it could make everyone lose their jobs. I think that would be a benefit overall.

        I agree people should go to jail too. For sure

    • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      There is no fine on earth that could be levied that would discourage others from doing this. If they have profits higher then who cares.

      when the punishment is a fine, it’s only a crime if you’re poor.