Japanese Automobile Corporations Are Better? Toyota’s Race to the Bottom

by Barbara Briggs, Special to CorpWatch 
September 16th, 2008
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15182
 Beneath Toyota’s buffed shine lies a dark undercoat. The Toyota Corporation enjoys a fine reputation for well-built cars, environmental innovation, flexible production lines and effective management practices. But in its quest for ever-increasing efficiency, profitability and growth, the world’s largest auto manufacturer has sparked a race to the bottom that, [...]