An Example Of The Ford Pinto Scandal

An example of the Ford Pinto scandal, where organizational leaders mad bad decisions are related to the Ford Pinto catching fire when involved in a rear-end crash where a defect in design or manufacturing could lead to death or serious bodily harm. Ford had access to a new design which would decrease the possibility of the Ford Pinto from exploding, the company chose not to implement the design, which would have cost $11 per car, even though it had done an analysis showing that the new design would result in 180 less deaths. The company defended itself on the grounds that it used the accepted risk/benefit analysis to determine if the monetary costs of making the change were greater than the societal benefit. The amount that Ford calculated
Burge left his neighborhood to become the police, it was a predominantly white neighborhood, which he was proud of. But, when he got promoted and returned back, he discovered it was predominately black, and the remaining white citizens were upset about the race make-up. African Americans began alleging that Commander Burge and fifteen other officers were engaging in the use of electrical shocks via hand cranked field phones, suffocations using plastic bags and typewriter bags, mock executions, and beatings in order to elicit confessions for trial. The ones alleging abuse were poor African Americans and they were accusing middle class white policemen, so their claims were frequently discounted. Prosecutors used the confessions and those alleging abuse were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, some even receiving the death penalty. State Attorney, Richard Daley, chose not to look into the claims of the men, partly because of their race. After the finding came true, the City of Chicago has had to pay out $20 million to victims of the torturings, but no criminal charges were ever brought against any officer involved. The City of Chicago has spent over $9 million defending the officers after admitting that these officers
Sensitive information such as social security numbers, credit cards numbers, birthdays, addresses, and in some instances, driver’s license numbers were all compromised in the hack. What made things even worse for them are, some of the company’s top executives sold over $1.8 million worth of shares in the company just days after the breach was discovered. The public was not aware of the breach until more than six weeks later. The scandal prompted CEO Richard Smith to abruptly step down, and Equifax’s shares fell more than 30% in seven days (Wall Street examiner,