The big-money guys are in the news again, and I'm not talking about the tame retirement savings, accounting errors stuff, either. We're talking corporate corruption of the slave-labor, right-wing fascist, government approved torture kind of corporate corruption. Ok, maybe the slave labor thing is a stretch.
The newest scandal is that, like Mercedes-Benz, Ford Motor Company, was directly involved in Argentina's "dirty war" back in the 1970's. Apparently, several Ford employees were not only detained by the Argentine military, but were held and tortured on Ford property for over a year. Ford Motor company and Ford Argentina are claiming no knowledge of these acts, but do admit that Ford had a relationship with the Argentine military in order to provide protection from dissidents for Ford executives.
Of course, news that Mercedes might be involved in this type of behavior should be no surprirse after their involvement with the Nazis during World War II, but to find an American company condoning this sort of action is appalling. This is a reminder that the excesses of the past -- the United Fruit Company, for instance, are really not that far gone.
i am interested in gathering information about Ford and corruption. anything that you can provide will be appreciated.
Posted by: Gary on January 15, 2005 07:33 PM