Ford Pinto Case Ford Pinto Case If we were involved in the Ford Pinto dilemma we would have used Deontological Ethical reasoning to decide whether or not to disclose the danger that the Pinto posed and/or use that reasoning to determine whether or not to install the part(s) that would make the Ford Pinto safer. Our decision would be to do what is morally right and avoid doing what is morally wrong‚ regardless of the consequences. True enough Ford was not obligated by government regulation or
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Eng 111 Fords are characterized by slightly higher displacement V8 engines (Ford 302 vs. Chevy 300‚ Ford 351 vs. Chevy 350‚ Ford 402 vs. Chevy 400). Ford is also a more economy minded producer in more modern times‚ while Chevy is less so because of the use of the Buick and Olds brands. In performance‚ Chevy engines are often slightly more powerful‚ the 350 normally produced a maximum of 310 hp opposed to the Ford "windsor" 351 that made 290. Ford is known for many smaller sized cars‚ like
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The Ford Pinto Question 1 What moral issues does the Pinto case raise? ANS: The Pinto case raise the moral issues of what is the dollar value of the human life. That the businesses should not be putting a value on human life and disregard a known deadly danger. In order to perform a risk/benefit analysis‚ all costs and benefits must be expressed in some common measure. This measure is typically in dollars‚ as the Ford Motor Company used in its analysis. This can prove difficult for things that
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Moral Intensity of Ford Pinto Case Magnitude of the Consequences From the perspective of senior managers who made the decision‚ the magnitude of consequences introducing the Ford Pinto to the market is small. To support this point of view‚ Ford vice President firstly cited several statistical evidences. In 1975‚ only 12 of 848 deaths‚ which associated with passenger-car accidents in which fires also occurred‚ involved occupants of Pintos. And in 1976‚ the number of occupant fatalities in fire-associated
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MGT 420- Managing for Change November 28‚ 2012 Managing For Change Research Paper “Chrysler” The Chrysler Corporation was founded on June 6th 1925 by Walter P. Chrysler; the company originates from the Maxwell Motor Company in which he joined in the early 1920’s. Walter P. Chrysler had an intuition for engineering‚ he was a self-taught engineer and while working in the rail road industry provided him with the grounds to be reliable‚ efficient and moreover‚ a skilled worker that worked his way
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Paper # 2 Ford Hybrid 09/13/2012 Abstract Which stages of the project life cycle are evident in the case study? Did Martens select the right two project managers in Patil and Wright? What are toughest challenges faced by the project manger’ during a high visability and high risk project? Would you like to have been involved with the Ford Escape Hybrid project? Paper # 2: Ford Hybrid The Ford Escape Hybrid program was the midterm step of the company’s steps of sustainability. The
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TOM FORD Born in Texas in 1962‚ Tom Ford went on to become arguably the most influential designer of the last decade. Having initially trained as an actor‚ he studied interior architecture at Parsons School of Design until 1986‚ and went on to take positions at Perry Ellis and Cathy Hardwick‚ before joining Gucci in 1990. Ford was hired by Gucci’s then creative director Dawn Mello as chief women’s ready-to-wear designer‚ and later appointed design director. When‚ in 1994‚ Gucci was acquired
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Analyze Ford ’s decision to introduce the X-type to broaden Jaguar ’s appeal from niche player to major competitor in the luxury segment. Tata Motors recently introduced the Nano‚ the world ’s least expensive car. The Nano fits Tata ’s strategic goal of building a low-cost car for the Indian market. Give your opinion‚ backed by evidence and sound reasoning‚ on whether Tata can succeed in targeting both the very low end of the auto market as well as the high end. What would they have to do to pull
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Ford KaThe launching team of Ford Ka is facing a changing marketplace for innovative and fresh approaches to segmenting the small car market with attributes that could resonate with the evolving markets. It is recommended that the team should segment their market based on life style and behaviors (i.e. psychographic) to target Freedom Lovers and Attention Seekers then later stage Sensible Classics as below: Stylish and modern urban and suburban individual with acceptable income levels; this group
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………. 1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 2 Income Statement………………………………………………………………. 3 Balance Sheet…………………………………………………………………... 4 - 5 Statement of Cash Flows……………………………………………………….. 6 Profitability Ratios……………………………………………………………... 7 Liquidity Ratios………………………………………………………………… 8 Debt/Leverage Ratios…………………………………………………………... 8 - 9 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………
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