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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Tesla Motors faces is the society and subcultures. In this day in age consumers worldwide have increased their knowledge and sensitivity about its environment. Numerous companies have catered to this need of becoming more environmentally responsible by offering products that are “green” or environmentally friendly. This new growth amongst people and organizations alike of becoming more environmentally conscious has created an opportunity for Tesla Motors with its brand of product. Tesla Motors produces
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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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Problem Identification of The Management Information Systems of Ford Advances in information technology and perceived dissatisfaction with MIS performance is leading users to take over their own systems development work. This does not mean an end to the MIS department‚ but a staff rather than line
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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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The Path Forward: LIT MOTORS This report considers the strategy for Lit Motors; a San-Francisco based electric car start-up with two prototype vehicles in development. The Lit C-1 is the flagship product described as an enclosed‚ two-passenger‚ electric-powered‚ two-wheeled “daily driver”. The Lit Cargo Scooter folds to a small footprint when not in use and provides additional cargo space compared to normal scooters. The president and founder of Lit Motors is Daniel Kim‚ an erstwhile science and
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The main points of the case study are:- . Ford Motor Co. has continuously been number 2 to General Motors Corp. in the automotive industry. . Ford’s CEO in 1999‚ Jacques Nasser tried to push IT in the automotive industry‚ but failed at most of the attempts‚ causing a major loss to the company. . Nasser introduced cars high in technology‚ looking to make more money on service fees. . Nasser also created the Wingcast telematics unit‚ allowing users to utilize their cars as
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incorporation (Chase et al‚ 2005). With the emergence of the internet and ecommerce‚ in 1996 Dell began selling computers through its website. Dell has reduced internal costs by outsourcing some of its logistics and assembly production. Quanta Computer Inc. assembles some of Dell’s products (BusinessWeek‚ 2005) By outsourcing the non-core activities‚ Dell has been able to shed balance sheet assets‚ and boost their return on capital by using third-party service vendors (Chase et al‚ 2005). In 2005 Dell
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY .VS. GENERAL MOTORS Ford Automotive Company Background The Ford Automotive Company began as a vision of its founder Henry Ford. Henry Ford was born in 1863 on a farm near Dearborn‚ Michigan. In 1890 Ford’s hobby in the engineering field became a career as he began his employment at Detroit Edison Company. In 1892‚ Ford built his first gasoline buggy in which he sold in 1896 to help fund the construction of a new automobile. Three years later in 1899‚ Ford was forced to
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THE FORD PINTO CASE: THE VALUATION OF LIFE AS IT APPLIES TO THE NEGLIGENCE-EFFICIENCY ARGUMENT Christopher Leggett Law & Valuation Professor Palmiter Spring‚ 1999 Abstract Text of Paper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract The cases involving the explosion of Ford Pinto’s due to a defective fuel system design led to the debate of many issues‚ most centering around the use by Ford of a cost-benefit analysis and the
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