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Report: Two Senior Execs Among Those Fired in GM Recall Probe
The 15 employees fired by General Motors Co. for their roles in the company's ignition-switch recall scandal include the company's former head of global regulatory affairs, an unnamed source tells Bloomberg News.
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The 15 employees fired by General Motors Co. for their roles in the company's ignition-switch recall scandal include the company's former head of global regulatory affairs, an unnamed source tells Bloomberg News.
GM has declined to identify any of the employees it fired or disciplined over the compelling evidence that the company repeatedly failed to act on data showing the switch posed a danger to drivers.
Bloomberg says Mike Robinson, formerly vice president for sustainability and global regulatory affairs, is the highest-ranking official in a group fired for what GM describes as misconduct or incompetency.
The news service says Bill Kemp, a senior lawyer in GM's legal department who was responsible for safety issues, also was fired.
GM's lengthy internal investigation of the company's 11-year delay in recalling the faulty switch includes an incriminating e-mail by Kemp in 2005. The message urged GM's legal staff to work harder to blunt an article by the Cleveland Plain Dealer that described engine stalling caused by the switch flaw in the just-introduced Chevrolet Cobalt.
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