REPORT: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BIOGRAPHY Let’s go back in time to July 30th‚ 1863. This marks the day that the man who may have changed life as we know it was born. Son of William and Mary‚ Henry Ford was born in Greenfield‚ Michigan. During his teen years he was quite fond of dismantling and reassembling watches. By age 16‚ he left home for the big city of Detroit to be an apprentice mechanist. Despite his feelings towards farm life‚ he returns to his hometown of Dearborn‚ Michigan. In the course
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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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Company Background Name Ford Motor Company Logo Industries served Automotive Geographic areas served Worldwide Headquarters U.S. Current CEO Alan R. Mulally Revenue $ 134.3 billion (2012) Profit $ 5‚665 billion (2012) Employees 164‚000 (2011) Main Competitors Bayerische Motoren Werke AG‚ Chrysler Group LLC‚ Daimler AG‚ General Motors Company‚ Honda Motor Company‚ Nissan Motor‚ Tata Motors‚ Ltd.‚ Toyota Motor Corporation‚ Volkswagen AG and many other automotive companies. Ford Motor Company is one of
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Lottie George Part‚ Two Water for Profit‚ John Luoma February 26‚ 2013 Should Water be Free? Today’s economy is mostly comprised of wealthy business investors and major corporations. Fresh water resources are being controlled or being angle drilled by private corporations from across the world. This article by John Luoma‚ Privatization refers to: To change (an industry or business) from Government or public ownership or control to a private enterprise dealing with private water companies
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Ford Pinto Case Study The Ford pinto lasted from the 1960’s to the late 1970s and was highly controversial. This poorly made automobile came from a production race between the USA and Japan‚ where the United States promised an affordable‚ fuel efficient‚ and reliable car. Because of the hasty production‚ it left Ford with a flawed‚ dangerous‚ and untested product. The outrage over the obvious safety flaws of the Ford Pinto caused leaders to call upon their values‚ mission statement‚ and ethics
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Ford Motor Company entered the automotive manufacturing business world on June 16‚ 1903 when Henry Ford and 11 business associates signed the company’s articles of incorporation (Ford Motor Company‚ 2007). Today Ford Motor Company is the second largest automotive manufacture in the industry. Ford was able to attain this level through mergers and acquisitions. In 1989 Ford acquired Jaguar for 2.5 billion dollars (Ford Motor Company‚ 2007). To ensure a smooth transition and integration‚ Ford Motor
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The Ford Pinto Case In the late 1960’s Ford Motor Company wanted to produce a small model car to compete with small Japanese and German imports like Volkswagen‚ Datsun and Toyota (Danley). In 1969 Ford’s Board approved the plan to produce the Pinto. The CEO‚ Lee Iacocca‚ wanted a car that was low weight‚ under 2‚000 pounds‚ and low cost‚ under $2‚000. Lee “Iaccoca imposed the 2000/2000 rule‚ i.e.‚ the Pinto could weigh no more than 2000 pounds and cost no more than $2000” (Danley). The engineers
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Running head: Ford Pinto Case Study – Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto Case? Taking a Side Mayo Smith‚ George Deese‚ Josh Eubank‚ Mignon Waller‚ Michelle Stower and Jaime Arnold University of Phoenix Take a Side Bad business decisions can be seen throughout history; however none has stirred such controversy as the error made by Ford Motor Credit concerning the 1971 Ford Pinto. Despite many safety concerns Ford CEO‚ Lee Iacocca and Ford executives began the production and distribution
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enjoy things that are made specifically “for us” and companies like Ford uses advertising to persuade us in believing that they can relate the most to the people. It’s a way for us to relate to the ad. The more realistic of an approach the companies make to make the product seem like anyone can use it the more we want it. Look at this ad taken from the September edition of People Style Watch magazine. It ’s an ad for the new Ford Fiesta. The ad shows close up pictures of key things people look for
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FORD PINTO CASE The Ford management has chosen to be unethical and morally unworthy to be trusted with the lives of its customers. Can you just imagine the number of individuals riding every day in the cars that they produced‚ who are unaware that they could be in an injury any moment? Ford management has chosen not to follow the safety guidelines and standards in producing such products because at that time‚ the government is still not that strict in implementing such rules. And because of their
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