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B.F. Goodrich A7D Break Case THE B. F. GOODRICH A7D BREAK CASE Why Should MY

In 1967, B. F. Goodrich won a bid to produce break assemblies for a new Air Force plane. The initial design had serious flaws, which almost immediately became apparent. Instead of making the necessary revisions in design, various people involved persisted in trying to force the original design to work. When it became obvious that it wouldn't, they began falsifying test data. When engineers went to supervisors and managers with the dilemma, they were virtually told to mind their own business and to continue with what they were doing. Ultimately, Goodrich delivered a phony qualification report and defective breaks, which failed during the initial flight tests. It is difficult to imagine how so many people, including supervisors and managers, not only went along with such an irresponsible and unethical handling of the project, but actually insisted that it be handled in that manner.

Given the opportunity to participate in this project, I would have bailed out of the original design as soon as its deficiencies became known. As an engineer, I would have refused to participate in the deception. As a supervisor or manager, as soon as the problems were brought to my attention I would have done everything in my power to scrap the four-disk design and put the project on the right track. There are multiple reasons for these decisions, including ethics and personal values, organizational goals, damage control, and common sense.

Many of the participants in this situation had major doubts about the design, and began doing things which disturbed them greatly. Yet they got caught up in the deception and got deeper and deeper into the mess.

Ethical behavior on the part of any of the key players could have turned the situation around. Ethics are not simply an ideal that businesses should keep in mind for the purposes of goodwill. Ultimately, ethical business behavior is the only logical way to operate, and every manager should unders...

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