WehavestressedtheneedforKoreancompaniestolearnlessonsfromtheToyotacrisis, whichcanbesummedupbyputtingconsumerwelfare, not to speak ofsafety, ahead ofcorporatebottomlines. As Akio Toyoda, CEOofthetroubledJapaneseautomaker, acknowledged, however, eventheone-timeglobaliconformanufacturinghasforgottenitsowncorporateaxiominablindrushto betheworld'sNo. 1.(코리아타임즈)우리는한국기업들이 도요타의위기로부터교훈을배워야한다고강조해왔는데이는요약하자면기업의수지타산보다안전은말할것도없고소비자의복지를우선시켜야한다는점이다. 그러나곤경에빠진일본자동차회사의대표이사인도요다아키오씨가인정했듯이심지어한때세계제조업의상징이었던이회사마저세계제1이되겠다는맹목적인추구과정에서자신의기업신조를망각한것이다.