GM Names Names, Suspends Two Engineers Over Ignition-Switch Safety

cartechboy (2660665) writes "GM said it has placed two engineers on paid leave in connection with its massive recall probe of 2 million vehicles. Now, GM is asking NASA to advise on whether those cars are safe to drive even with the ignition key alone. Significantly, individual engineers now have their names in print and face a raft of inquiries what they did or didn't know, did or didn't do, and when. A vulnerability for GM: One engineer may have tried to re-engineer the faulty ignition switch without changing the part number—an unheard-of practice in the industry. Is it a good thing that people who engineer for a living can now get their names on national news for parts designed 10 years ago? The next time your mail goes down, should we know the name of the guy whose code flaw may have caused that?"

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There are recalls all the time on products through honest mistakes people make. Should we call out each of these people individually?

The engineer that designed the part and the replacement lied in front of a Senate Committee when asked if he knew there was a defect.
The engineering manager was deposed in a lawsuit and said that GM made a business decision not to fix the defect.

Those aren't honest mistakes. Those are "bad actors" I'm talking about
People who intentionally do something wrong, don't fix something that is wrong, or cover up something that is/was wrong.

Your entire post is arguing against a position I did not take.