THE FORD PINTO CASE A Dangerous Product On 10 August 1978 Judy Ann Ulrich‚ eighteen‚ was driving a 1973 Ford Pinto to volley-ball practice in Goshen‚ Indiana. Inside the car with her were her sister Lynn Marie‚ sixteen‚ and their cousin Donna Ulrich‚ eighteen. As they were heading north on U.S. Route 33‚ their car was struck from behind by a 1972 Chevrolet van. The Pinto collapsed like an accordion; the fuel tank ruptured; and the car exploded in flames. Lynn Marie and Donna burned to death in
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Automobile and American culture. The automobile is one of the most important inventions that changed the United States. Paving the way for a future dependency on the automobile. For example‚ Henry Ford Model-T is what truly brought the Automobile to the growing nation of America during the 1920s. The Automobile changed the daily lives of Americans‚ in both rural‚ suburban‚ and urban areas. The automobile provided a new means of transportation for people living in these areas to use and get around
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Table of Contents Introduction.................................................................................................................P2 Analysis .......................................................................................................................P2 Alternatives .................................................................................................................P4 Recommendation................................................................................
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Case Summary Bandag Automotive Case Summary Bandag Automotive was established in 19 years ago. Before 2005 it was managed by Jim’s father and after that he (Jim Bandag) took over the business. Number of employees 300 Bandag Automotive distributes replacement mufflers‚ bulbs‚ engine parts‚ engine parts etc) Division Supplies service stations and repair shops‚ Bandag Automotive auto supply stores HR
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Case Study: Ford Mondeo In 1992‚ Ford Motor Company decided to produce a world car‚ that is‚ a car that would be produced and sold internationally with little variation in the vehicle between markets. This world car was named the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique for the North American market and the Ford Mondeo for the European Market. All of these models were built with a 90% similarity due to body design differences‚ local conditions and mandates. Ford decided to expand internationally
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Summary In America‚ the automobile engineers had first encountered imports such as the Volkswagen with compact cars including the Falcon‚ Covair‚ and Dart. These vehicles‚ with their six cylinder engines‚ were actually comprised as a larger class of vehicles. Due to the increase popularity of the smaller Japanese imports from Toyota and Datsun in May of 1968‚ the Ford Motor Company‚ based upon a recommendation by then vice-president Lee Iacocca‚ decided to introduce a subcompact car and produce
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Running head: FORD PINTO CASE STUDY Ford Pinto Case Study Shannon Arrighi‚ Brad Collins‚ Chasity Mobley‚ and Tom Tumminelli University of Phoenix Ford Pinto Case Study Shannon---Introduction Faced With The Ethical Dilemma In this ethical dilemma the team agrees it would have been handled differently. Within our group it seems that there would be different opinions of how it would have been handled. As an industry professional‚ ones moral obligation and responsibility of every employee
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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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issues‚ labor unions‚ and other impacts‚ the automobile industry is in an era of instability and change. Ford Motor Company has been traditionally considered one of the "Big Three" in the auto industry‚ but they are not adapting as well as hoped to the changing industry‚ and will have to strategize to survive in a struggling industry. There are many different risk factors for Ford and its competitors. In this paper we will look at two competitors for Ford that are also considered to be members of
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{text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} Between the 1960s and 1970s‚ the abundant use of gasoline caused environmental issues (Conney & Yacobucci 2006)‚ such as vehicle emissions which will pollute the air. Environmental policy plays an important role in auto industry. In 1973‚ American enacted the CAFE which requires automakers to increase the average fuel economy of motor vehicles sold in the US to reduce the pollution (Bezdek & Wendling 2005)‚ this led to major changes in car design as well as significant on
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