Hypothetical Corporate Manslaughter Question

I would like to ask a hypothetical question regarding a corporate
manslaughter charge. This really is purely a hypothetical situation and not
one that actually exists. But, I would like advise to prevent the situation
ever arising and therefore being in the position of corporate manslaughter.

Lets say you work for a distributor of an international product, you work
for the distributor and you are technically minded on the product. So, you
receive a report of a problem with the product that could potentially
jeopardise the safety of the user and it is your job to report the issue to
the manufacturer of the product.

Therefore, you report the problem to the manufacturer of the product and
address it as a safety related issue.

However, the manufacturer of the product gives you a response basically
saying that the cause of failure is due to an external influence and
therefore there was no defect in manufacturer (although not backed up with
hard evidence). But, as someone who is technically minded with this product
at distributor level, you feel that the response was a cover-up because they
do not want to recall the product due to the cost implication.

So, if in the future someone suffered a severe injury or maybe even a
fatality due to this issue, I would assume a professional independent
investigation would be carried out and they would be entitled to view all
the correspondence between you and the factory and this would be disclosed
in court.

Could the person who reported the issue to the manufacturer be held
responsible? Because, as someone who was technically minded on the product,
he did not dispute their response? Or would the manufacturer be held
responsible for giving a response that was un-satisfactory and attempt to
cover-up the issue?





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