The ultimate responsibilty of the corporation is to its workers, according to jlongo. Though I don't necessarily endorse this, the fact is that the CEO of a publicly traded corporation is legally obligated to operate in the best interests of the stockholders, not the workers. Michael Moore's failure to consider this feature of American capitalism is one of the failures of his film as an analysis of GM's behavior. By making it seem like the problem was the uncaring Roger Smith, Moore suggests that the problem is not a systematic one, but a problem of personalities. In this sense, Smith was ambushed, and unfairly, because the film doesn't acknowledge the constraints on HIS actions. I'm not getting all weepy over poor Roger (he's probably getting by), but neither do I think Moore's attack was very much on-target. ___________________________________________________________ James Peterson University of Notre Dame [log in to unmask] (219)631-7160