I am "management" where I work, and I'd drive my company into the ground and make everyone unemployed, before I allowed my defective product to kill someone.
Duh. You think a single person at NASA would have reported otherwise had you asked them before the Challenger disaster?
Social pressure can influence people into engaging in wishful thinking. They made a horrible judgment call, and we should remember that that tragedy was authored by them. But if you think you NEVER would have fallen for it... you're not being self aware. There's a pretty decent chance you would have.
