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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this action is not intrinsically valuable as it acts for the good of the company. If this maxim of foregoing car safety in order to increase profit was applied universally‚ there would be obvious contradiction from the employees of Ford who drove a pinto and would not agree to this rule. This contradiction implies that the maxim to forego safety standards in the interest of profit is not morally valid‚ and Ford using this maxim to make the decision to not recall the cars is morally
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Secrets in the fire Sofia’s story is set in Mozambique‚ where civil war is raging. villages are set alight and no one‚ not even the dogs‚ are spared. As rebels are given arms‚ it is civillians such as children like Sofia‚who suffer the sharp blade of war. Sofia survived the attrocities‚ yet experienced such trauma that no child should have to endure. Set against the natural innoncence of a child’s sense of what is just and unjust-the questions -and answers Sofia asks bring us back to the powerful
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Character development through the struggle of survival How would a 12 year old boy who watched his family die around him be able to escape the extermination of his kind? Forgotten Fire‚ a compelling historical novel by Adam Bagdasarian‚ follows the journey of Vahan Kenderian as he tries to survive the Armenian genocide. Vahan watches the world he knew collapse around him as those he cared about leave him due to the horrific circumstances placed on them. During his time the young boy meets many
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The book The Fires of Jubilee by Stephen B. Oates‚ gives an account of the slave insurrection that took place in 1831 in Southampton County‚ Virginia‚ led by the self-proclaimed prophet Nat Turner. Oates gives an historic account of the events that led up to the deadliest insurrection before the civil war. Oates relies on the evidence of Nat Turner’s confessions‚ trial documents and other related material; but he does not give a fair account of the Southampton insurrection. The problem lies within
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Project 2 The Furniture Fire Case Presented by Group 1 Joey Oviedo‚ Sean Bannon‚ Abraham In 1992‚ an accidental fire destroyed a furniture company’s warehouse in Tampa‚ FL. Upon these findings‚ the furniture company made a claim to their insurance company for demand of lost profits. In doing so‚ the furniture company submitted a profit calculation‚ or the GPF‚ of the burned inventory. There no sales receipts and the prices were unknown conveniently
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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 referred to humans mostly‚ today we hear more about ethical principles of business
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Gates of Fire By: Steven Pressfield Subject Person- Spartan Warriors Place- Greece 480 B.C. Event- Battle of Thermoplae. Concept- Xeones recounts his life leading up to the battle. Object- Greek city-states consisting of 300 Spartan Warriors‚ 400 Thebans‚ 700 Thespian Volunteers And around 900 Helots Fought The Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae. Reason For Choosing Book Prior to reading this novel I had some knowledge of the Battle of Thermopylae. I watched the movie 300last year
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like these joined salt and pepper. For richer or for poorer. In sickness and in health. If you pull them apart‚ you’ll break either one or both of them. God made marriage to be for life.” About a Fireproof Marriage “Fireproof doesn’t mean that a fire will never come… But that when it comes‚ you’ll be able to withstand it.” About Studying Your Spouse “When a man is trying to win the heart of a woman‚ he studies her. He learns her likes‚ dislikes‚ habits‚ and hobbies. But after he wins her heart
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North South University Research paper on Extra Judicial Killings in Bangladesh Prepared for Mrs. Rafia Tahseen Course: ENG 105 Section: 08 Date: 27/12/2009 Table of Contents Acknowledgement ………………………………………..…... 3 Abstract ………………………………………………………..4 1. Introduction …………………………………………………. ...6 2. Background …………………………………………………. ...7 3. Research Scope ………………………………………………..8 4. Hypothesis …………………………………………………....11 5. Research Methodology
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