> over blown The faulty ignitions have been linked (by GM itself) to 124 deaths. > old ignition switches Five years is not an old ignition switch. > should

> over blown The faulty ignitions have been linked (by GM itself) to 124 deaths. > old ignition switches Five years is not an old ignition switch. > should have had to cover up On June 5, 2014, Valukas' report on the recall was made public. In it, he asserted that the company's failure to fix the defective switches sooner was not due to a cover-up on the company's part, but rather due to "their failure to understand, quite simply, how the car was built." As well, the case study doesn't mention cover up once, but instead points out a variety of secondary issues: inadequate communication, a lack of understanding of the problem, a lack of urgency, a lack of oversight, and company culture.