Why Can’t We Get Beyond Blame?

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. prematurely filed Google Inc.’s earnings report with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.  Google’s earnings were supposed to be released after the stock markets closed at 3 p.m. Instead, they showed up on the SEC’s Edgar website about 11:30 a.m.  Google’s stock dropped as much as 11 percent, to $676 a share, before trading was halted about 20 minutes later at the company’s request.

About an hour after the earnings release, Google issued a statement blaming Chicago-based R.R. Donnelley for the blunder.

(“Glitch on Google Earnings Report under Investigation,” Chicago Tribune, October 19, 2012.)

Why do people think that blame will stop incidents? Haven’t we tried that already? Don’t the incidents just continue? Share your comments below.