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Just Sayin’ Blog – A Matter of Fairness
Posted by "Just Sayin'..." in AGRR, AGRSS, Auto Glass, Auto Glass Networks, Auto Glass Safety Council, General, Insurance, NFL, Retail, Service, Super Bowl, Third Party Administrator - TPA, Uncategorized on January 28, 2014
Recently I was forwarded a letter that Safelite Solutions (“Safelite” “SGC Network”) sent to an auto glass repair and replacement (AGRR) company. The letter related to work that the company had done for a consumer that happened to be insured with a company for which Safelite manages glass losses. The AGRR company had done a replacement and was required to send the bill for the work that was done for the consumer through Safelite in order to receive payment. The letter that was received started out stating:
“The SGC Network is currently in the process of performing a random fast cure kit Audit.”
The letter went on to state:
“Please fax copies of the work orders/invoices that include the urethane lot stickers. Do not send proof of purchase or receipts. The only acceptable documentation is the urethane lot sticker attached to the invoice or work order. Please forward to ATTN: SGCNetwork at 614-210-9941 within the next three business days.”
Have you seen or received one of these letters? I hadn’t seen one before. What was requested certainly seemed reasonable to me and the company also thought the request was reasonable. The company had the information readily available since the information is required under various sections of the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard that is administered by the Auto Glass Safety Council™. What was interesting about the request was that Safelite was taking on the role as an independent 3rd party auditor in asking for the information. Who do you think performs that function when and if Safelite audits its own use of a “fast cure kit”?
Take a minute and look up the word “fairness” on dictionary.com and you’ll find the following:
Noun –
“the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice;
evenhandedness”
Adjective –
“free from discrimination, dishonesty, etc; just; impartial”
Adverb –
“in a fair way; correctly: act fair, now!”
It’s also interesting to see the word fairness shown via TH!NIKMAP’s Visual Thesaurus®.
So does it smack of “fairness” that a retail auto glass company that competes for auto glass repairs and replacements in the United States is also given responsibility for performing audits of competing AGRR companies to determine if they are using a “fast cure kit”? It doesn’t seem that Safelite would be the appropriate entity to audit others if you applied the definitions of fairness:
“the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or
injustice; evenhandedness”
“free from discrimination, dishonesty, etc; just; impartial”
“in a fair way; correctly: act fair, now!”
They certainly aren’t “free from bias” and it doesn’t seem as though they would have a strong desire to adhere to the idea of “evenhandedness”. I don’t see how they could be “impartial”. And it would seem impossible that the act of their being the auditor would be accomplished “in a fair way”.
To me it seems to defy logic when the corporate mission of any company must be to grow market share and produce increased value to its shareholders for it to be possible for them to be an independent auditor of others in the industry in which they compete.
Safelite’s company web site states:
“We must do what’s right, even when no one’s watching
This means living by our values and being accountable. It is about how we treat our staff, our customers and members of our local community. We reinforce this throughout our corporate structure with legal compliances and ethics training, an employee ethics hotline and numerous channels for feedback and concerns.”
Certainly words any company would be proud to adhere. It seem appropriate to ask “who’s watching” those that are watching us? Do you think that there’s a 3rd party auditor that’s auditing the auditor?
I think you can ask the same question relating to the “pre-inspections of auto glass claims” that was discussed in a glassBYTEs article titled “Safelite Solutions Accepts Recognition for Pre-Inspection of Auto Glass Claims” in May of last year. Does that practice seem to smack of “fairness” to you?
As most everyone on the planet knows, Super Bowl XLVIII is coming this Sunday, February 2, 2014 between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. The officiating crew this year is led by veteran referee Terry McAulay. What if for the game this year a crew of Denver Bronco fans is allowed to officiate the game instead of the impartial officials that have been selected by the NFL? If that was allowed to happen how many calls do you think would go Denver’s way? Even the most ardent Bronco fan hoping for a win for their team would see that as both blatantly “unfair” and “unjust” to the Seattle Seahawks team.
So as “A Matter of Fairness”, who thinks that how Safelite operates as an auditor and/or inspector is:
“the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or
injustice; evenhandedness”
“free from discrimination, dishonesty, etc; just; impartial”
“in a fair way; correctly: act fair, now!”
Just sayin’.
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