I did an IT consulting gig at a western pharma company that specialises in generics. They develop the chemistry and the manufacturing process at the head office, and then pack up the factory and ship it to India or China for low-cost operation.

I overheard an emergency conference meeting about a batch that had gone bad. I can't remember the details, it overheated or something like that, certainly ruining some horrifically complicated organic chemistry process step.

The Indian chemical engineers were arguing for hours about how they could "save" the batch or "use it somehow" while the westerners were repeatedly telling them that there is no safe way to do that, and the only option was the throw it out and start from the beginning.

"Sir, we can fix it!"

"No, no, no! Throw it out!"

... for hours.

Their culture is just not compatible with certain modes of thinking, like "safety first". Saving face takes priority in their culture, even if that means kids might die because the drug batch was bad.