Varun Patel Philosophy 131 Michael F. Martin 03/08/2010 The Ford Pinto Case and Utilitarianism In this essay‚ I will talk about the ford Pinto case‚ and how the information was withheld from public in order to save company from huge losses and at the same time keep company’s reputation intact. I don’t think the decision of the ford company to with hold the information about the safety-issue of the car for which they were already aware of; was the right thing to do. I agree‚ as a utilitarian
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tishTOPIC 14: BRITISH ARTS Outline: I. Introduction II. Content 1. Overview of the arts in Britain 1.1. What are “the arts”? 1.2. The arts in society 1.3. The characteristics of British arts and letters 1. Types of arts 2.4. Theatre and cinema 2.5. Music 2.6. Literature 2.7. The fine arts III. Conclusion 1. Overview of the arts in Britain 2.1. What are “The arts”? The art is the term which is used
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GLOBAL BUSINESS Question (Part A) How successful have the British Government and the Bank of England been in running the British Economy over the last 2 years? Introduction This essay will demonstrate the measures of success that the British Government and Bank of England have delivered for the periods of 2010 and 2011. In order to achieve this outcome it was first necessary to briefly describe some background to how the Bank of England became so involved and how their input has had a direct
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Ford operates in the US auto mkt‚ a huge‚ but not a high growth market. Growth in last 7 yrs – 1% US players losing share to foreign players. Firms consolidating. Targeting smaller segments – large no of models‚ low sales volume / model Focus on fuel efficiency‚ alternate fuels. All firms targeting US mkt. Chrysler merged with Daimler Benz‚ breaking off now. Focussed on clean diesel Power - BLUETEC GM focussing on hybrid vehicles‚ tying up with Toyota. Toyota caught up with Ford in sales volume
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The paper tries to evaluate BP ’s corporate governance framework. It tries to identify what responsibilities the Board of Directors and Senior Leadership should undertake before and during crisis management situations. Before the spill British Petroleum is an industry where accidents occur and given the complexities of such an industry‚ it is critical that the Board remain vigilant about company affairs and that it learns from its previous mistakes. This note tries to evaluate actions that a
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Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is the world’s largest producer of trucks‚ and the second largest producer of cars and trucks combined. Ford has manufacturing‚ assembly or sales affiliates in 34 countries and Ford companies employed 337‚800 people world-wide in 1996. Ford has manufacturing facilities in 22 countries on 5 continents‚ with 87 plants in North America and 41 in Europe. In Europe‚ in 1995‚ Ford’s combined vehicle market share‚ at 12.2%‚ was the highest for eleven years‚ with three
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1990-pReseNt The merger‚ 1990-1991 On 22 September 1991‚ the two largest general banks in the Netherlands‚ Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank (Amro)‚ merged. The resulting company adopted the name ABN AMRO. The two principal motives for the merger were to concentrate strengths and to scale up business internationally. The South American operations of ABN AMRO’s subsidiary Hollandsche Bank-Unie were combined with those of Banco Real under the name Banco ABN AMRO Real. In
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FORD AND MG COMPANIES Question 1 Summary of Case Study: The Globalization of Toyota This case describes the globalization of Toyota. In 1947‚ Toyota was a little known Japanese car company producing 100‚000 vehicles a year. Between 1983 and 2002‚ the company made foreign direct investments totaling $13.5 billion in North America. Toyota made additional investments in Europe enabling the company to become one of the top automakers in the world. The following questions can be used to generate
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group 2 – Repositioning of FORD Group 2 presented on the repositioning of the FORD motors in Thailand‚ the difficulty it faced during the 90’s and the secrecy of success it enjoys in the Thai vehicle market currently. Ford Company started in Thailand in 1960 but then it closed down 1976. The reasons that lead to the cease of operations were felt that it was a mere Thai product which is very inferior quality to the American products though both bear the same name FORD. Even the old advertisement
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Question 7: In our opinion‚ we think that Ford Company is morally wrong if the savings resulting from not improving the Pinto gas tank had been passed on to force’s customers. We will say is morally wrong because Pinto do not meet the safety standard propose by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The safety standard of NHTSA is to reduce fires from traffic collisions. This standard required that all new cars produced by 1972 should be able to withstand a rear-end impact
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