The Danish toy manufacturer Lego has been under fire in 2012 for creating a new toy line for girls‚ with some groups calling the line feminist of sexist. As much of the toy industry has been struggling‚ Lego‚ which mostly appealed to boys with colored blocks‚ pirate ships and buildings‚ decided to expand the line to appeal to young girls as well. The transition worked but not with backlash of groups like the Spark Movement which aims to end “sexualization” of women and girls in the media With
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“Alan Mulally‚ CEO‚ Ford Motor Company” Wynter Graham Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Carlene Graham May 15‚ 2011 The content of this paper is to outline the roles of leadership and how it affects organizational performance. It then discusses the role of Allan Mulally’s‚ CEO of Ford Motor Company‚ leadership style. The paper also presents how Mulally’s decision to set a goal increased the company’s performance and mentioning how Allan Mulally’s
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Estella Wright Dennis Gioia “The Ford Pinto Fire” Week Six (7/1/14) Written Assignment SYNOPSIS 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
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The Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16‚ 1903 in Detroit. Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford’s methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914. At around year 2005 “the Detroit big three” viz. GM‚ Daimler and Ford were facing intense challenges in their home market. By
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[Title] Reading the article Happy" by Pharrell Williams: Why This Song Has Grabbed The Nation by Eamon Ford we can see his interest in a phenomenon he presents to us‚ analyzing and feeding information to us. A part that stands out in the beginning of this is his justification of writhing this article‚ "the crowd at the World Indoor Bowls Championship in Great Yarmouth clapping and grooving along" his writing from that sentence displays that it’s a song many people enjoy and from many age groups
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1007/s10551-011-1130-4 Ethical Blindness Guido Palazzo • Franciska Krings • Ulrich Hoffrage Received: 1 June 2010 / Accepted: 22 November 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract Many models of (un)ethical decision making assume that people decide rationally and are in principle able to evaluate their decisions from a moral point of view. However‚ people might behave unethically without being aware of it. They are ethically blind. Adopting a sensemaking approach‚ we argue that ethical blindness
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Management of Ford Motor Company As the second-largest automobile company in the world‚ Ford Motor Company represents a $164 billion multinational business empire. Known primarily as a manufacturer of automobiles‚ Ford also operates Ford Credit‚ which generates more than $3 billion in income‚ and owns The Hertz Corporation‚ the largest automobile rental company in the world. The company manufactures vehicles under the names Ford‚ Lincoln‚ Mercury‚ Jaguar‚ Volvo‚ Land Rover‚ and Aston Martin. Ford also
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SWOT and Business Analysis of The Ford Motor Company MGT/521 Management University of Phoenix November 18‚ 2011 SWOT and Business Analysis of The Ford Motor Company The purpose of this research is to assuming the role of a Fund Manager deciding whether to invest in The Ford Motor Company. By Identifying Internal and external stakeholders‚ wants and needs ‚ Strength‚ Weakness‚ Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of The Ford Motor Company. This to detriment whether the company is
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Ford and Firestone’s Tire Recall: The Costliest Information Gap in History On August 9‚ 2000‚ Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. announced it would recall more than 6.5 million tires‚ most of which had been mounted as original equipment on Ford Motor Co. Explorers and other Ford light trucks. Bridgestone/Firestone had become the subject of an intense federal investigation of 46 deaths and more than 300 incidents where Firestone tires allegedly shredded on the highway. The Firestone tires affected were
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2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies The Ethisphere Institute‚ a leading international think-tank dedicated to the creation‚ advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics‚ corporate social responsibility‚ anti-corruption and sustainability‚ announced the official unveiling of the 2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This year’s honorees have gone above and beyond to prove business ethics are paramount to the success of a company’s brand and bottom line. In its fifth year‚ the World’s
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