Dropbox 4 Business Ethics A Utilitarian Argument in the Ford Pinto Case In 1971 Ford Motor Company decided they wanted to create a compact car that could compete with the other Japanese manufactured cars. It rushed from its inception to its actual production. In the end‚ these cars proved to be one of the most dangerous ever produced because of their extreme flammability in instance of rear impact collision. The decision by Ford to not recall any of its cars‚ and not fix design flaws‚ conceal
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Ford Motors Introduction History Ford Motor Company did not start out with its current name nor did it start with its current reputation or leadership standing in the automotive industry. A man named Henry Ford on November 3‚ 1901 started the Ford Motor Company. In the beginning‚ the car company went through multiple name changes within a short time period and eventually landed on the all time name of Ford Motor Company. With the help of 11 investors bringing together only $28‚000‚ Ford Motor
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Company Profile Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by automotive and industrial pioneer Henry Ford in Dearborn‚ Michigan. Being first to implement a moving assembly line for automotive manufacturing‚ Ford was able to more efficiently mass produce their products than their competitors. In 1908 the Model T was introduced and went on to sell over 15 million vehicles‚ firmly establishing Ford as the major player in the early automotive industry with 50% market share by the 1920s. The company went
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The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford. It is a public company that is also global; distributing consumer goods in the Automotive and Transportation industry to include not only vehicles but vehicular motor parts as well as financial aspects to dealerships to offer contracts to distribute goods with the ability of installment payments. As the Ford Motor Company started out with only ten employees‚ it has grown to employ over 350‚000 employees worldwide‚ this is to include being
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Henry Ford: Man‚ Myth‚ Legend Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produced 15 million Model T’s from 1908 to the year 1927. Using his invention of the assembly line‚ Henry Ford made producing automobiles very efficient. The making of an automobile went from a complex procedure to a job that the simple average man can handle. Before Henry Ford revolutionized the industry of automobile making with the assembly line‚ cars were made very different. In order to produce a car it took a very talented
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manufacturers did not have an easy way to put the vehicles together. It took half a day just to put one car together. However‚ all of that changed when Henry Ford came along. Henry Ford‚ born on July 30‚ 1863‚ in Wayne County‚ Michigan‚ was an American industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company. When he was just thirteen years old‚ Henry Ford received a pocket watch from his father‚ which he promptly took apart and put back together again. Everyone was impressed with his talent. At age 16‚ he apprenticed
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Introduction Ford Motor Company is one of the largest multinational automaker in the world and part of the Detroit Big Three‚ along with GM and Chrysler. Since its inception in June 16‚ 1903‚ Ford has gone through many ups and downs. Competition from domestic and international manufacturers‚ globalization‚ advancements of technology and the great economic downturn in 2007-2008 meant that Ford had to rethink several of its strategic decisions if it had to survive in the marketplace. When Henry Ford started
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Executive summary The Ford Ka cannot be marketed to a specific demographic segment‚ as defined by traditional variables such as income‚ age‚ or marital status. Willingness to purchase the Ka was for the most part not dependent on membership in these traditional segments. Alternatively‚ we propose Ford develop a campaign toward a certain segment defined by attitudinal and psychographic variables. We plan to target this segment with tailored advertising campaigns addressing their unique worldview‚
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Summary: In this reading‚ we got to know how Frederick Winslow Taylor’s scientific management theory enabled Ford to develop the assembly line and successfully realize his goal of bringing car travel to the masses. During the early 20th century‚ Frederick Winslow Taylor developed a number of management and organizational theories that led to significant breakthroughs in business practices. Since that era‚ levels of industrial manufacturing have grown exponentially throughout much of the world. Taylor’s
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Bibliography: 1. Dixon‚ D.F. and Blois‚ K.J (1983) “Some limitations of the 4Ps as a paradigm of Marketing”‚ In M. Christopher‚ M.H.B. Macdonald and A. Rushton (eds.)‚ Proceedings of the 1983 Marketing Education Group Annual Conference‚ Cranfield‚ July‚ pp. 92-107. 2. Henneberg SC‚ (2002) “Understanding Political marketing” in
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