I\u2019m sure everyone has heard of companies using people as a cover up to try and pass the blame for a horrific error in hopes that it would lessen the blow in the event that is something very serious that causes harm to say the customer. For example, it could be a new employee cutting corners or a vendor not producing subpar products. But what was interesting is how apparently there are companies that actually plan ahead for these types of PR disasters by actually creating a scapegoat beforehand in the event they need it.<\/p>\n
For example, it could literally be a friend or family that doesn\u2019t normally work at the business but when the situation arises, they can just say fire the person and claim they have fixed the problem. That\u2019s kind of crazy to think about where I would imagine there has to be some kind of legal implication if companies actually do that. But people will likely never go in-depth in researching it unless the situation or person was truly a huge public spectacle.<\/p>\n
Whatever just happened to admitting fault and improving on it huh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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