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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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    Pinto Fires

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    The Ford Pinto Fires Case The Pinto fires case is about a series of accidents involving the Ford Pinto’s fuel tank bursting into flames if struck from the rear. A 1978 suit against Ford Motor Co. for the murder of 3 teenagers brought the incidents to the public attention as it was the first time a major corporation was charged in a criminal case beyond negligence (Trevino‚ 2011). Background The Ford Pinto was rushed to production by Lee Iacocca to directly compete in the small car market with countries

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    Risk Analysis (Pinto Case) Three social issues that are in this case are that one‚ social issue in this case was Ford claimed the reason for the recall of the 1.9 million Ford Pintos was not for safety but for “reputational” reasons. This is a social issue because‚ after all the evidence was piled up on their company for being unsafe and hazardous‚ they couldn’t just admit they made a mistake and recall the vehicles to make them safer. No‚ they had to use the reputation card to help their company’s

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    Pinto Fire Case Study

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    Pinto Fire Case Study MGT216 April 18‚ 2012 Roles Regarding Pinto Fire In the 1970’s Ford Motor Company was faced with a questionable decision regarding the production and introduction of the Ford Pinto (Encyclopedia of Science‚ Technology‚ and Ethics‚ 2006). The introduction of the Ford Pinto was Ford’s attempt at producing a stylish and affordable subcompact vehicle that possessed lower operating costs (Encyclopedia of Science‚ Technology‚ and Ethics‚ 2006). The Pinto was rushed into production

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    Pinto Fires Case Study

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    After watching this video where Danny Gioia talks about his time at Ford and listening to these students pick his brain about his experience with the Pinto Fires scenario. Overall‚ after reading the case and Gioia’s personal memoir about his experience and how he grew‚ I felt strongly connected to his case. After writing my ethical dilemma paper‚ I found myself falling into scripting my unethical behavior and also not fully being aware of their ethical situation. I knew that something felt weird

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    Pinto Fire Case Analysis

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    Pinto Fire Case Analysis Identify Decision Options Available to decision makers The affected Parties Ford Motor Company The Consumers purchasing the Ford Pinto The Decision Options Available 1.) The first decision available to Ford was to have taken Mr. Knudsen’s idea of foregoing the small car market and focus on the most profitable medium size cars market. This would have made it unnecessary for the company to shorten its regular production time‚ which resulted in cutting corners in the

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    Ford Case

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    1081209020 Li Hongke  1081209050 Lu Linlin 1081209031 Lu Yao 1081209043 March 2009 Abstract Excessive cash and undervalued stock price forced Ford to conceive an unprecedented cash payout system - Value Enhancement Plan in 2000. For a dual-stock-structure company‚ this recapitalization did favor much Ford family which held the dominant voting power by giving it larger flexibility‚ enhanced control with less capital as well as tax benefit and confidence improvement. While

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    THE FORD CASE

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    THE FORD CASE Executive Summary After carefully analyzing Ford’s existing supply chain I immediately became aware of its highly complex nature. This high level of complexity combined with other internal and external factors have pushed Ford to search for solutions in order to overcome the costly supply chain challenges that they are facing and may continue to face in the future. Ford’s major difficulty in their present system is: the inefficient control of

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    Ford Case

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    Introduction Ford Motor Company is the second largest industrial corporation in the world‚ employing 370‚000 people in 200 countries across the world with revenue over $144 billion. The auto industry has become very competitive on a global level‚ forcing automobile companies to cut costs and stay competitive. In trying to remain competitive‚ Ford introduced a plan called Ford 2000. This was done to cut costs‚ streamline the organization and processes globally‚ and increase economies of scale

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