A Metamoron, according to Why Change Doesn't Work , by Harvey Robbins and myself , is a leader who misleads. Metamoron winners are identifiable by their authoritarian, undemocratic, anti-customer behavior. Previous winners include Microsoft, General Motors, and France.
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The year can t pass without allotting a corporate Moron to a multinational whose behavior outraged even other corporatists. It was not until the new company installed a German manager to run the Detroit-based Chrysler division that the pillaging of an American institution became clear. A second automotive Moron must be split between Ford Motor and Firestone , which spent much of the year debating which of the two was responsible for 148 deaths in the U.S. caused by tire tread separation. Our international Moron for 2000 goes to Israel , which six months ago sat at peace talks that appeared to be on the brink of ending 50 years of war with its own Palestinian population. Not politics, but religion.