> It's not really fair to blame any one particular person
These are literally the very circumstances that we were presented with as reason why executive compensation is astronomical. It's all that responsibility they have to assume in times like these, right? They're supposed to fall on their sword, and whoever replaces them is supposed to make damn sure shit like this doesn't happen on their watch. The pay and parachutes ensure they land on their feet.
The reason nothing ever changes is because these clowns never get in trouble. If you want that $10M salary, you better make sure everyone under you is doing their part to ensure events like this don't happen-- or you get dethroned.
Does China still sell melamine-tainted baby formula? We've been conditioned to just let our leaders stay in command after plowing into icebergs-- while they blame and execute the engineers shoveling coal below deck.