Legal Analysis Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Facts In 1972 a Ford Pinto‚ purchased six months prior‚ unexpectedly stalled on the freeway in California. The Pinto was hit from behind by a Ford Galaxy‚ erupting into flames instantly. The driver of the car‚ Lilly Gray‚ suffered from fatal burns and died a few days later in the hospital. The passenger‚ a 13-year old boy named Richard Grimshaw‚ was also severely injured from burns‚ which caused his face and body to be permanently disfigured. After
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Chapter 8: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Caption: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Citation: California Court of Appeals‚ Fourth District‚ 1981 174 Cal. Rptr. 348 Facts: 1. Ford developed a new model‚ later to be known as the pinto‚ changing the design drastically. 2. Ford discovered that the fuel tanks position was in a ’vulnerable place’ and the car failed to met crash safety standards. 3. Ford was aware of the small cost to help the fuel tanks meet standards but refused to
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Cash Flow Statement - Ford Motor Company Nancijo C. Emerson OMM 622 Financial Decision-Making (MFJ1448A) Professor Martin Cain December 22‚ 2014 Cash Flow Statement - Ford Motor Company What Does Cash Flow Mean? A revenue or expense stream that changes a cash account over a specific period. Cash inflows usually arise from one of three activities— operating activities‚ investing activities‚ and financial. Cash activities outflows result from expenses or investments that a
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Family name Bao First name Cheng ( Steven ) Title: The analysis of Nike in athletic footwear market based on porter’s Five forces model 1. Introduction One and a half months ago‚ the biggest athletic event in the world ultimately drew its curtains after a pitched one-month-long battle‚ which saw thirty-two teams vying for the roll of honor of being crowned the final kings of football – the World Champions – and earn bragging rights for four years at least. It was not only
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Issue Statement Ford has suffered with sinking share prices‚ negative sales volumes‚ high structural costs‚ high contribution costs‚ and stalled growth that is negatively impacting the company’s overall operating profits. Operating margins dropped in Ford’s major markets which includes‚ Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Asia-Pacific‚ and North America during its first quarter of 2017. Debt crisis‚ higher pension costs‚ seismic shifts in buying behavior‚ political crisis‚ currency fluctuations and deteriorating
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traded corporations. The following analysis will look at the Ford Motor Company’s disclosures relating to the company’s current assets of cash equivalents‚ inventory‚ and receivables. Disclosures can be found in the Ford Motor Company’s financial statements and they will help the readers to have a better understanding of the financial data. The sections of the company’s disclosures will be analyzed in detail throughout this paper. The Ford Motor Company uses a table of contents titled Financial Content
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Ford Motor Company Heloise V. Posey Strayer University Professor Marla Boulter Principles of Management (Bus 302) January 28‚ 2011 Abstract: Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford who lived in Detroit‚ Michigan therefore giving birth to Detroit ’s title of automobile capital of the world. The first retail dealership was opened by Stephen Tenvoorde in 1903 in St Cloud‚ MN. Mr. Ford was a visionary of the idea of mass production. Mr. Ford ’s ability to make automobiles
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Report In August 2000‚ Ford Motor Company and Firestone Tire Company recalled 6.5 Million ATX and AT tires that had been installed on Ford’s Explorer model SUV. At the time‚ it appeared as though Ford and Firestone were doing the right thing. They had found out that the tread separated on Ford Explorers in states with intense heat‚ such as Florida and Texas. However‚ it later came to light that both Ford and Firestone had known about these problems earlier than 2000 and that Ford had even had a similar
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automobiles started with Ford through mass production and continued all the way to today with companies promoting major suppliers to move closer to assembly plants to cut cost. Since the beginning of the automobile industry the company that was able to lower their cost was the company that would lead the way. However‚ giving up quality is not a viable option. Lower quality automobiles lead to the down turn in the American automobile market share. In my Porter’s 5 Forces analysis I will identify key
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bias was bases for the 2001 class action lawsuit of Streeter et al. vs. Ford Motor Co and Siegel et al. vs. Ford Motor Co. for possible age bias. The legal accusations of gender and race claims were dismissed in the Streeter lawsuit but age was still a legal accusation. Ford Motor Co. denied any legal accusations of wrong actions in either lawsuit (The Union Times‚ 2001). “The reverse-discrimination lawsuits claimed that Ford ’s employee evaluation system preferred candidates of diversity -- mainly
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