Company owner commits suicide

[IllinoisDave]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08...ent_6024203.htm

 

You don't see many company execs here taking ANY responsibility for harm their products cause, let alone taking it to this extreme.

 

It's sad, especially in light of the fact that his best friend supplied the paint.

[warpedbored]

Here they would probably buy out his contract and send him away a rich man.

[IllinoisDave]

Here they would probably buy out his contract and send him away a rich man.

 

Just what I was thinking.

[rogerinca]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08...ent_6024203.htm

 

You don't see many company execs here taking ANY responsibility for harm their products cause, let alone taking it to this extreme.

 

It's sad, especially in light of the fact that his best friend supplied the paint.

 

Dave, thanks for the head's up and the link !!

 

I heard a quick blurb on the radio on the way to work today, and I was going to try and track down the story when I got home.

 

It is sad that this was caused by his best friend !!!

[Gordon]

Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

[Yuanyang]

Here they would probably buy out his contract and send him away a rich man.

 

Just what I was thinking.

There's no "probably" to it. It's been done many times.

[IllinoisDave]

Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

 

I've seen this story now on multiple media outlets, in China and the US, all reporting the same set of facts.

 

Do have some info the rest of us aren't privy to?

[PhoenixRising]

The Japanese are known do commit suicide when major errors happen. When I lived in the Carolinas a Japanese ship Captain committed suicide because water came into a cargo bay and ruined a large part of the freight he was hauling.

Edited August 14, 2007 by PhoenixRising (see edit history)

[BillV 8-16-2004]

Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

 

I've seen this story now on multiple media outlets, in China and the US, all reporting the same set of facts.

 

Do have some info the rest of us aren't privy to?

 

Maybe it was the fact that he was in financial ruin? and a disgrace in his eyes and he did what he thought was the honorable thing to do?

Edited August 14, 2007 by BillV 8-16-2004 (see edit history)

[IllinoisDave]

Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

 

I've seen this story now on multiple media outlets, in China and the US, all reporting the same set of facts.

 

Do have some info the rest of us aren't privy to?

 

Maybe it was the fact that he was in financial ruin? and a disgrace in his eyes and he did what he thought was the honorable thing to do?

 

I have no doubt that those factors played a role as well.

But his best friend supplying the bad paint was the catalyst for it, and I haven't seen any evidence that that wasn't the case.

[Gordon]

Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

 

I've seen this story now on multiple media outlets, in China and the US, all reporting the same set of facts.

 

Do have some info the rest of us aren't privy to?

 

Maybe it was the fact that he was in financial ruin? and a disgrace in his eyes and he did what he thought was the honorable thing to do?

 

I have no doubt that those factors played a role as well.

But his best friend supplying the bad paint was the catalyst for it, and I haven't seen any evidence that that wasn't the case.

I'm refering to the part about him not knowing that his best friend was supplying bad paint. I kinda find thay hard to believe. It might be a good story for his family to save face.

[IllinoisDave]

Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

 

I've seen this story now on multiple media outlets, in China and the US, all reporting the same set of facts.

 

Do have some info the rest of us aren't privy to?

 

Maybe it was the fact that he was in financial ruin? and a disgrace in his eyes and he did what he thought was the honorable thing to do?

 

I have no doubt that those factors played a role as well.

But his best friend supplying the bad paint was the catalyst for it, and I haven't seen any evidence that that wasn't the case.

I'm refering to the part about him not knowing that his best friend was supplying bad paint. I kinda find thay hard to believe. It might be a good story for his family to save face.

 

Gotcha. That could very well be the case.

[SirLancelot]

Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

 

The guy, Zhang Shuhong, who committed suicide is a HK citizen. The press is much more free and open in HK. The truth will come out for this incident.

 

If the best friend was the real culprit, I hope he's summarily executed.

[Gordon]

Executed for making paint that has a little to much lead in it?

[SmilingAsia]

If the best friend was the real culprit, I hope he's summarily executed.

If it's a professional company, he has QA (Quality Assurance) for raw materials in the laboratory. QA should not have let fake paint in the factory. If QA staff had to give face to the boss's friend, it's not a professional company. Then suicide is inevitable in one way or another, sooner or later. Edited September 23, 2007 by SmilingAsia (see edit history)