246.Automaker set back the odometer settings and sold the cars as new to dealers.
247.Automaker knew millions of its transmissions were faulty.
248.Automaker knowingly allowed plant workers to be overexposed to deadly levels of lead and arsenic.
249.US tire manufacturer recalls its tires on foreign cars abroad after safety problems arise but delays a much more costly recall of domestic tires until after mounting fatalities cause publicity and outcries.
250.Automakers sometimes instruct their dealers to fix certain common defects free of charge or at reduced cost but only if auto owners demand that the repair be made under warranty.
251.Automaker goes to court to try and bar the use of cheaper copycat repair parts not made by the automaker.
252.It wasn't until after pressure from federal and state authorities along with consumer advocate groups that an automaker recalled thousands of ambulances to correct mechanical defects that had resulted in some fires and injuries.
253.Ever since the early 20th century when auto and bus makers tore up the trolley tracks, the transportation industry has been hitting the public, especially the poor below their belt.
254.Imposing demanding and unrealistic schedules on truck drivers.
255.Skimping on truck fleet maintenance overhauls.
The End---Except for an Addendum
Incidents from many more industries could have been added to the 255, but it would have been more of the same generally, and there is more than enough evil to have read in one setting!
You will have noticed the incidents involving corporations where they mistreat their own people. I am reminded of Alice in the Dilbert comic strip bellowing "I am not a resource!" in reaction to the company's "Human Resource Department." Alice, be glad you don't work for a real corporation!
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