Former General Motors vice president John Z. DeLorean wrote in his book, On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: It seemed to me then, and still does now, that the system of American business often produces wrong, immoral, and irresponsible decisions, even though the personal morality of the people running the business is often above reproach. The system has a different morality as a group than the people do as individuals, which permits it willfully to produce ineffective or dangerous products, deal dictatorially and often unfairly with suppliers, pay bribes for business, abrogate the rights of employment, or tamper with the democratic process of government through illegal political contributions.

a. How can the corporate “group” possess values at odds with those of the individual managers? 

b. Was DeLorean merely offering a convenient rationalization for corporate misdeeds? Explain. 

c. Realistically, can one expect to preserve individual values when employed in a corporate group? Explain.