Mayor Rob Ford’s use of staff A Toronto man has filed a complaint against Mayor Rob Ford with the city’s integrity commissioner‚ alleging improper use of influence and city property. His complaints stem from allegations outlined in a police document released in court and in media reports. Ray Fredette‚ 62‚ filed his formal complaint to the Office of the Integrity Commissioner last week‚ claiming that Mr. Ford broke the council code of conduct by using city-paid staff and resources for personal
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Utilitarianism and the Ford Pinto Case The Ford Motor Company manufactured a subcompact vehicle called the Ford Pinto during the years from 1970 to 1980. The Ford Pinto was advertised successfully to consumers and The Ford Motor Company was rewarded with sales for the Ford Pinto in the hundreds of thousands. Was the reward worth the cost? The Ford Motor Company knowingly engineered the Ford Pinto with a design flaw in the placement of the gas tank and a design flaw in the connection of the fuel
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Toyota Cost of Capital Case: General Methodology We used the following framework to do the calculations for all the companies. Afterwards we will discuss their implications: To estimate the cost of equity (RE) we used the following CAPM model: RE = RF + βE (RM-RF) whereby‚ Market Premium = RM – RF = 6% (Given in case) RM = Return for S & P 500 (a market return that takes into account systematic risk associated with the market place where our company is traded‚ NYSE) Risk Free Rate
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Henry Ford (July 30‚ 1863 – April 7‚ 1947) was an American industrialist‚ the founder of the Ford Motor Company‚ and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Ford did not invent the automobile‚ but he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford to buy. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company‚ he became one of the richest
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Ford Pinto - Executive Summary MGT216 12/06/2010 Executive Summary Ford Motor Company introduced the Ford Pinto into the consumer market place and the end result was profit over human life. Ford Motor Company analyzed the cost of replacing an inexpensive part and found that it was cheaper to pay for suits resulting in accidental deaths and injuries. This summary will provide details and the factors surrounding the Ford Pinto case‚ the results of the production of the car and how Ford
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Case Study: Ford Mondeo In 1992‚ Ford Motor Company decided to produce a world car‚ that is‚ a car that would be produced and sold internationally with little variation in the vehicle between markets. This world car was named the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique for the North American market and the Ford Mondeo for the European Market. All of these models were built with a 90% similarity due to body design differences‚ local conditions and mandates. Ford decided to expand internationally
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FORD AND MG COMPANIES Question 1 Summary of Case Study: The Globalization of Toyota This case describes the globalization of Toyota. In 1947‚ Toyota was a little known Japanese car company producing 100‚000 vehicles a year. Between 1983 and 2002‚ the company made foreign direct investments totaling $13.5 billion in North America. Toyota made additional investments in Europe enabling the company to become one of the top automakers in the world. The following questions can be used to generate
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HOW TOYOTA BEAT GENERAL MOTORS TO BECOME THE LARGEST AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE IN THE WORLD AND THE CHALLENGES TOYOTA WILL FACE DUE TO THE ECONOMICAL AND FINANCIAL CRISIS. WORD COUNT: 2495 Table of Contents 1. TOYOTA HISTORY 3 2. TOYOTA SUCCESS 4 2.1 TOYOTAS CORPORATE CULTURE 4 2.2 TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM 5 2.3 SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP 6 2.4 STRATEGIC ALLIANCE 7 2.5 SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY 7 2.6 RE-ENGINEERING 8 2.7 STRATEGIES AND CULTURE 8 3. CHALLENGES FOR TOYOTA IN THE
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this discussion‚ review the case study Toyota: The Accelerator Crisis (Greto‚ Schotter‚ & Teagarden‚ 2010)‚ then respond to the following questions: * Based on strategic‚ structural‚ and cultural challenges‚ discuss the drivers of Toyota’s accelerator crisis. Why was Toyota facing a recall crisis? * How well are Toyota’s management‚ employees‚ and external stakeholders able to support their corporate brand? * Has Toyota effectively managed ethics and public relations in the United States
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Inside Fiesta In the 2011 Ford Fiesta latest campaign‚ Ford has developed the new Ford Fiesta hatchback ad. In the advertisement they have positioned the green Fiesta as the ultimate escape. This is advertisement is targeting young people ages 18-25. As stated in the advertisement “it’s a pretty big deal” to go green. A green car is a vehicle that is considered to be environmentally friendly and have less of a damaging impact on the environment than conventional cars. A green car consumes less
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