"Unethical of ford firestone" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 1 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Ford and Firestone

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages

    FORD AND FIRESTONE CASE STUDY 1. SUMMARY This case involves Ford and the Japanese tire manufacturer‚ Bridgestone/Firestone. The Ford Explorers which were prone to rolling over‚ came equipped with Firestone defected tires. The tire seemed to have a defect that caused the tread to separate from the whole of the tire and cause the vehicle to flip.    Although Firestone knew about such defects‚ they continued to produce despite knowing the deadly consequences that lay behind their actions. The

    Premium Ford Motor Company Tire

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    The Ford/Firestone Case

    • 1211 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The Ford/Firestone Case This case involves Ford and the Japanese tire manufacturer‚ Bridgestone/Firestone. The Ford Explorers which were prone to rolling over‚ came equipped with Firestone defected tires. The tire seemed to have a defect that caused the tread to separate from the whole of the tire and cause the vehicle to flip. Although Firestone knew about such defects‚ they continued to produce despite knowing the deadly consequences that lay behind their actions. The Explorer also had a

    Premium Ford Motor Company Ethics

    • 1211 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Ford vs. Firestone

    • 373 Words
    • 2 Pages

    large as Ford and Bridgestone-Firestone. Both these companies produce such a large quantity of products that something is bound to go wrong. Also‚ no matter how safe a product might be there still can be potential problems with user error. An example would be how no matter safe Ford makes a car‚ there is still potential for an accident if the driver is inexperienced or if there is bad weather. So usually it is impossible for a firm to guarantee complete product safety. 2. Bridgestone-Firestone should

    Free Unemployment Economics Energy

    • 373 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    FORD/FIRESTONE TIRE TREAD ROLLOVER DEATHS Case Details: Describe in detail the illegal/unethical behavior you will be analyzing in your case analysis. You may choose any case of interest from your text or the news. In 2001‚ more than 175 deaths and 700 injuries in the United States were the result of Ford Explorers rolling over after the tread separated on Firestone tires with which the Explorers had been equipped. Firestone’s Wilderness AT tires were standard with Ford Explorers in 2000. Since

    Premium Ethics Morality Ford Motor Company

    • 4806 Words
    • 20 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Ford and Firestone are two widely known companies‚ Ford being an automotives company and Firestone being a tire manufacturer. A similarity other than cars that these two companies share is that both of the companies were involved in a controversy dealing with their products . At least 134 civilians died in the United States‚ and more internationally‚ while driving a vehicle produced by Ford with Firestone produced tires. This lead to many lawsuits and investigations were a result of these events

    Premium Ford Motor Company Tire

    • 887 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Summary Ford motor Company is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn‚ Michigan‚ a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry ford and incorporated on June 16‚ 1903. the company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Samuel Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons‚ buggies‚ and other forms of wheeled transportation

    Premium Ford Motor Company

    • 3793 Words
    • 16 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    6 THE FORD-FIRESTONE CRISIS FACTS 8 CONCLUSION 12 REFRENCES Error! Bookmark not defined. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES Figure 1. Network Setting of Ford-Firestone Crisis 5 Figure 2. Levels of Context 7 EQUATIONS Equation 1. Primitive Form of Constitutive Rule 6 Equation 2. Primitive Form of a Regulative Rule 7 CHAIRMAN SUMMARY In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s several accidents were reported of Ford Explorers equipped with Firestone tires rolling

    Premium Ford Motor Company

    • 3420 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Firestone

    • 772 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Tara D. Griffin November 2‚ 2014 MGT 500 Ford Explorers with Firestone Tires: Ill-Handling a Killer Scenario A product defect that leads to customer injuries and deaths through manufacturer carelessness constitutes the most serious crisis that any firm can face. In addition to destroying brand reputation‚ ethical and social responsibility abuses are involved‚ and then legal and regulatory consequences. Managing such a crisis becomes far worse‚ however‚ when the manufacturer knew about the problems

    Premium Ford Motor Company

    • 772 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Ben Lake Prof Guo Business Ethics 23/04/2014 Case Analysis #2 – The Ford/Firestone Debacle I) Case Summary Introduced to the market in 1990‚ the Ford Explorer quickly became the most popular sport utility vehicle In America. SUV’s are designed to travel off-road‚ are built high off the ground to clear rocks and other obstructions underneath. The explorer fulfilled consumers’ desire of comfort and ruggedness. Ford’s engineers designed the Explorer to use the same truck frame as its older Ranger

    Premium Ford Motor Company

    • 1964 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Case 30 Firestone and Ford: The Tire Tread Separation Tragedy I t is often tricky to know when an ethical or social issue really begins. Does it begin before it is “recognized” or “identified” as an issue? Does it begin when an isolated manager recognizes an incident or a trend and reports it via a memo to his superiors? Does it begin once the media get hold of information and the frenzy begins? Such questions arise in the case of the FirestoneFord tire tread separation debacle that began dominating

    Premium Ford Motor Company

    • 5382 Words
    • 22 Pages
    Powerful Essays
Previous
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50