Firetone And Ford Tire Controversy

Ethics is the discipline with the concept between good and bad based on morals. In this case were dealing with the Firestone and Ford Tire controversy. They were both beneficial companies in this society. Henry Ford was the person who founded the company Ford Motor Company. It was largely responsible for initiating the era of mass-consumption and mass-production in the American economy. Ford’s business provided people, standardization, the assembly line, and high wages for workers. The Firestone Tire Company was founded on a determination to offer the quality and services offered. If Firestone and Ford Tire companies started off well what made them a huge controversy or what could have gone wrong with Firestone and Ford Tire company? It all
This recall caused 270 complaints, 80 crashes and 46 deaths. As this incident continued, it raised the rate of endangerment to over 100 deaths and 500 injuries involving such incidents, making this one of the most serious cases of product failure in US history. When the public got involved with the case, it caused more issues with the Firestone-equipped Ford Explorers. Ford and Firestone responded by putting all the blame from each other’s companies. The CEO of the Firestone company claimed that the accidents could be attributed to driver error and poor tire maintenance by consumers. Throughout this issue of the Ford-Firestone tire crisis, their defense involved not believing that the tires were defective and being held accountable for accidents to people got into because of this defective product. Even when Firestone’s own investigation found evidence of material and design the tires had many defects to it. Ford’s CEO blamed the problem of the recall of Firestone. The CEO clearly stated that the accidents had nothing to do with the auto-maker and claimed that the Firestone company is liable because of the tire not Ford because it manufactures the vehicle not the