David Beckam Dropbox 4 Business Ethics A Utilitarian Argument in the Ford Pinto Case In 1971 Ford Motor Company decided they wanted to create a compact car that could compete with the other Japanese manufactured cars. It rushed from its inception to its actual production. In the end‚ these cars proved to be one of the most dangerous ever produced because of their extreme flammability in instance of rear impact collision. The decision by Ford to not recall any of its cars‚ and not fix
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Case Study: Ford Pinto MGT/216 07/17/20 Case Study: Ford Pinto Abstract In 1971‚ Ford Motor Company (FMC)‚ on the advice of then vice-president Lee Iacocca‚ introduced the first subcompact vehicle‚ the Ford Pinto. After production had begun and the release of the Pinto in the United States‚ Ford discovered a defect in the design on the fuel system; the gas tank was placed in the rear of the vehicle. This error could cause the vehicle to explode on low speed rear end collisions due to a
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Case Study Discussion & Executive Summary: Pinto Fires Monday‚ March 28‚ 2011 Robert Adams‚ Kristi Nguyen‚ Ren Heeralal Mgt 216/ Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility Instructor: DIANE RECTOR Case Study Discussion & Executive Summary This is an essay concerning a case study discussion & executive summary involving the Ford Pinto case. On August 10‚ 1978‚ take for the chapter concerning (Managing business ethics)‚ three teen girls died in an automobile accident
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Ethical dimensions of cost/benefit" analysis. Evaluate from a moral perspective the "cost/benefit" analysis conducted by Ford. One may ask what do we need ethics in business for? To answer this question‚ we need to know what ethics is‚ as well as‚ what impact it has on businesses‚ people and relations. Ethics is often defined as a set of rules‚ principles governing a group or a person; determining his/her behavior. It imposes a social responsibility on people. Even though‚ in the past ethics was
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Case Analysis: Ford Pinto Carlandra Moss Excelsior College November 2‚ 2014 How much is a life worth in dollars? Imaginably a couple of million? In the 1970s Ford Motor Company idea of life was worth about $200‚000 dollars. In the article‚ Pinto Madness by Mark Dowie‚ Ford Motor Company argued that it would be too expensive to fix a crash-induced fuel leak in the Pinto Car model. Ford was definitely facing a serious moral obligation; the moral thing to do is to face the consequences
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Immanuel Kant would have would have certainly believed that Ford acted wrongly by not upgrading the integrity of the Pinto’s fuel system after learning about the danger of explosions in low-speed rear end collisions. Kantian deontology asserts that “nothing can possibly be conceived in the world‚ or even out of it‚ which can be called good‚ without qualification‚ except a good will.” (Kant 1). Although some human qualities are intrinsically valuable‚ or good for their own sake‚ Kant believes that
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Assignment 3: Case 8.9 Ford and Its Pinto and GM and its Mallibu: The repeating exploding gas tank problem. 1. Calculate the total cost of all the fixes for the pinto gas tank problem has been performed. Design changes that could have been done by Ford include Side and cross members at $2.40 and $1.80 per car respectively‚ a shock-absorbent “flak suit” to protect the tank at $4; a tank within a tank and placement of the tank over the axle at $5.08 to $5.79; a nylon bladder within the tank at $5
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(H) Why is my supervisor Mr. Christopher Cox and director Major Javier Trevino has taken this situation to such a great length to accuse me of telling a story when they know I didn’t? (It seem as if they have fusing deceitful and negative documentations on me to try to fire me). (I) Are they trying to build up fraudulent and negative documentation on me to Fire me unlawfully? (J) Why would a true small misunderstanding of only four hours be charged for five-day suspension? (This seem to be
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TREVINO & NELSON ETHICAL DECISION MAKING (T&N EDM) MODEL INSTRUCTION: DETAILS: 1. Gather the FACTS. Safety doesn’t sale - Trunk space is what sales Standard guidelines for the automotive community were in place 3 teenage girls died Pinto fuel tank had a known issue Product on the market 2 years Cost of replacement gas tank $11 Cost of human life $2000 Received reports that Pinto was exploding (multiple cases) 2. Define the ETHICAL ISSUES (I) in _moral terms_ (e.g.‚ Is X action
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Chapter 4 of The Guidelines for Ethical Decision Making was very informative. The chapter covered important points that are essential in the field of social work. The chapter was about the guidelines and process of ethical decision making. One of the main points of the chapter was the process of ethical decision making. The chapter defined this as “a process or series of thoughts and activities that occurs over time and that results in a person or group acting (or not acting) in a particular manner”
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