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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FORD MOTORS COMPANY Ford Motors was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 in Michigan it was a pioneer in assembly line. In 1902 it has a market share of 50%‚ in 1956 the company went public and since then it has a significant presence in automotive market. However due to series of bad management and poor product portfolio‚ the company had not been doing well over the last decade. William Ford had a hard time when he started as a CEO because Henry Ford II left much debt and during his governance the
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Running head: FORD PINTO CASE (Newton‚ Ford‚ 2007‚ p. 1)Ford Pinto Case External social pressures play a big part in the decision reached about the Ford Motor Company. When you have highly respected individuals such as retired NASA engineer Dr. Leslie Ball say “The release to production of the Pinto was the most reprehensible decision in the history of American Engineering” (Newton‚ Ford‚ 2007‚ p. 1); there is cause for concern. There would be more
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Running head: FORD PINTO FORD PINTO Insert Name Here Insert Affiliation Here The case of Ford Motor Company producing the Pinto is a clear example of unethical behavior on the part of an automobile manufacturer‚ where a potentially dangerous product was knowingly released into the market. While there are some good consequences from the action‚ such as the jobs that were provided to American employees producing the car‚ and the individuals provided with an affordable vehicle‚ these were
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Haskins November 25‚2013 For 1970‚ the Torino now became the primary model and the Fairlane was a sub-series of Torino. Ford moved away from emulating the boxy lines of the to a completely new body for the 1970 Torino/Fairlane line influenced . Just a were influenced by jet aircraft of the 1950s‚ stylists such as Ford stylist Bill Shenk who designed the 1970 Ford Torino were inspired by supersonic aircraft with narrow waists and bulging forward and rear fuselages needed to reach supersonic
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skeptic toward the national government. Gerald Ford‚ who was not elected by the public‚ took the oath of office and became the 38th president of the United States. President Ford‚ coined with a repugnant image in both the eyes of the public and the media‚ was defeated by 56 electoral votes in the election of 1976. Jimmy Carter managed to receive similar distasteful images by the end of his single term as well. Although there were similarities between Ford and Carter‚ the two presidents were different
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Case 5: The Case of the Ford Pinto Refer to this case‚ of about the Ford Pinto case‚ I have been read about this topic from web pages and forum that have been discuses. Here are some of studies that I have been made to finish this paper work in different aspects of ethics and professionalism. In the ‘Ford Pinto Case Study’‚ it seems clear that Ford management and its engineers did not intend to make an unsafe product‚ and that more than likely the outcome of their product resulted primarily from
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production of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation‚ Gene Hackman and John Cazale take center stage in a film about a paranoid surveillance expert who has a change of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. While this was a great movie in my opinion‚ It was definitely a movie that brought together a cast full of newer actors that would go on to become even bigger names in Hollywood. One of these rising stars in particular was a young Harrison Ford. Ford was born July
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Executive summary Ford Motor Company is based in Dearborn‚ Michigan; it is the second largest industrial corporation in the world‚ with revenues of more than 144 billion and about 370‚000 employees. Operations span 200 countries. Although ford obtains significant revenues and profits from its financial services subsidiaries‚ the company’s core business remains the design and manufacture of automobiles for sale on the consumer market. Since Henry Ford‚ founder of Ford‚ incorporated in 1903
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Henry Ford-A Car That Changed The World By Christa Jordan Henry Ford was an American manufacturer who was born on July 30th‚ 1863. He lived with his family in Michigan and showed and interest in machines since an early age. At the age of sixteen he left his home and went to Detroit and began to work as an apprentice mechanist. He then worked part-time as an employee at the Westinghouse Engine Company and later on became an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company. Later on in 1893 he
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