Boeing’s Dead Whistleblower Spoke the Truth
"Crashing planes. An ousted CEO. What the hell happened to America’s aviation gem?
By Joe Nocera
March 27, 2024
In the days before his death, John Barnett was in Charleston, giving a deposition for the whistleblower suit he had filed against Boeing. According to one of his lawyers, Rob Turkewitz, he was upbeat about his testimony, feeling he was finally able to tell the story of his efforts to get the company to take safety more seriously—and the rejection of those efforts by his bosses, who, according to Barnett, simply didn’t want to hear about it.
The last day of the deposition was scheduled for Saturday, March 9. But that morning, he was found in his truck, a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand. The police said it was “a self-inflicted wound.”"
Det är inte bara ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance. går vanligen under namnet hållbarhet) som kan betyda katastrof för företaget utan också alltför stark fokusering på "sista raden" och börskursen. Det är många företag som övergett den tekniska innovationen för den finansiella. Det håller sällan i längden.
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