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GM CEO tells students to quickly fix problems

General Motors CEO Mary Barra, center, is conferred an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree before addressing the University of Michigan graduates at a commencement ceremony Saturday, May 3, 2014 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Barra, the first woman to lead a major automaker, took the top spot at GM in January, just as a deadly ignition switch problem was starting to surface. Barra urged the students to be honest in every aspect of their lives, and to use their optimism and propensity for inclusion to rethink outdated assumptions and expose and correct injustice. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Work hard, be honest and address problems quickly so they don’t grow. That is the message that new General Motors CEO Mary Barra gave University of Michigan graduates at a commencement ceremony Saturday.