That's not always true. Take the case of a company that determines the cost of fixing a flaw is worse for profits than letting the flaw continue into production

That's not always true. Take the case of a company that determines the cost of fixing a flaw is worse for profits than letting the flaw continue into production. Remington famously allowed a flawed trigger in one of their rifles for decades, even after being made aware of it and its 5 cent fix by the designer of the rifle, before it went on sale. https://www.guns.com/news/2016/11/18/trove-of-internal-documents-show-remington-knew-about-flawed-trigger https://www.guns.com/news/2016/11/18/trove-of-internal-docum...