The worst has happened. The Shield has been shown to be a dangerous product, and the company guilty of disregarding earlier claims of such dangers even while it continued to advertise product safety. In a congressional hearing the issue is: (1) Was the company guilty of subordinating everything to maximizing profits, or (2) Did company officials simply panic, faced with a calamity of severe consequences, and resorted to the defense mechanism of denial. In a simulated court- room environment, defend top management against the prosecutors ' charge of sheer callousness to product safety in pursuit of big profits.