OF THE ARTICLE In 1968‚ Ford Motor Company made plans for a car that would be inexpensive‚ small‚ and appeal to all car buyers. The planned project was to meet the 2000/2000 rule‚ meaning that the Pinto could weigh no more than 2‚000 pounds‚ and cost no more than $2‚000. This rule was instituted because of the extreme competition from foreign car makers such as Toyota and all of the automotive companies at the time. However‚ the 2000/2000 rule left designers with limited ability to design a car
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simultaneously satisfied if a particular cost is to be classified as a private cost: 1. Gamblers must be fully informed 2. Gamblers must be rational 3. Gamblers must be required to bear the total costs of their gambling If any one of these conditions fails to be satisfied‚ an element of social costs exists. For example‚ if gamblers cease work in order to gamble and gamble away their family assets‚ leaving their families to claim social welfare benefits‚ the rest of the community is bearing
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love that my current company help me pay for my education. It benefits me because I am getting the education I need to succeed and my company benefits because they are bettering the qualifications of the employees them already have. I used to work in retail and we used to receive bonuses onto our commission on high sales. Those bonuses really boosted employee effort and the friendly competition creates great morale. This employee benefit was listed by Mathis and Jackson as a “High Performing Work
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determined that the problem could be resolved by installing a baffle‚ which protected the gas tank from being punctured during rear-end collisions. The part would have only cost between $6.65 and $11 to be install‚ but the Ford Motor Co. determined through cost-benefit analysis that the cost of lawsuits would be less than the cost of installing the baffle and decided not to install the baffle. Ford Motor Co. also failed to notify customers of the problem and offer them the option to have the baffle
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considerations‚ rational goals and respect for those involved. As a respected company with a good reputation‚ Ford should consider public safety as its main priority when designing a product. It is unethical to allow people to die or be injured because of the cost incurred in order to prevent that. Ford should have taken precautious measures in advance in order to prevent harm. But they have already forecasted and assumed future liability from a defective product. They have adopted a policy of allowing a certain
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adequacy thereof 2. TECHNICAL ASPECTS: a) Location‚ Land and Land Development : i) Location details of the project ii) Total Area of land and its cost iii) Site map iv) Particulars of land development‚ fencing‚ gates‚ etc. b) Civil Structures: Detailed cost estimates along with measurements of various civil structures - Sheds - Store room - Milk room - Quarters‚ etc. c) Equipment/Plant
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Chris Wiginton 1/10/14 IS-3120 Unit 3 Assignment 3 Convergence of IP-Based Networks In the early days of the Internet‚ the only way to connect to the Web was by using a modem in conjunction with a dial-up connection. The modems‚ which stand for modulator-demodulator‚ were devices that converted analog signals into digital signals. Early modems operated at 1200 bps or bit/s per second to 2400 bps. Data transfer was slow and often unreliable. Today the Internet and the means to access the Internet
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business‚ 3) regulation cost too much in business compliance‚ which is passed on to the consumer and finally forces the company out of business. The objectives of safety and health will better be achieved in the absence of government regulation. Government regulatory agencies have spent billions of dollars and there is little evidence that the world is any better off than it was without the agencies and costly reforms. When reading further ask yourself the question‚ does the costs or regulation out
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Course Syllabus CMGT/445 Version 4 1 Course Syllabus College of Information Systems & Technology CMGT/445 Version 4 Application Implementation Schedule: 12/20/12 – 01/24/13 Campus: Stonecrest (RM# 308) Group ID: KM10BIT05 Copyright © 2012‚ 2009‚ 2008‚ 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course will cover the process and issues associated with the implementation of a computer application information system. Topics will include the processes associated
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episode “Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure”. The lecture in episode two also includes discussions of critical thinking and arguments by the students to support their contrasting views. Part one of the second episode discusses the cost benefit analysis that companies follow to put a price on human life. The second part in episode two introduces British philosopher John Stuart Mill who argues that utilitarian‚ those who have experienced high pleasure and lower pleasures will desire the
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