Some of the most important things we will be confronted with while doing an internship is ethics‚ responsibility and accountability. Gorden Borrie‚ in his article‚ “Blowing the Whistle: Business Ethics and Accountability” helps one to understand the importance between the law and morality and whether or not an organization should be left to self-regulate. In this article there are two examples of agencies that failed in accountability and the consequences were devastating. The first is the Zeebrugge
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Ford Pinto Executive Summary Your Name University of Phoenix MGT/216 Teacher Date Ford Pinto Executive Summary The Ford Pinto case is a classic example of ethics versus money. Ford decided to make a decision that was unethical in order to save time and money. The questions that come about when determining how unethical it all was are: What solutions would be recommended to make it better? How did external social pressures influence the decisions? Through the period eye would the decision
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Case Study: Ford Pinto MGT/216 07/17/20 Case Study: Ford Pinto Abstract In 1971‚ Ford Motor Company (FMC)‚ on the advice of then vice-president Lee Iacocca‚ introduced the first subcompact vehicle‚ the Ford Pinto. After production had begun and the release of the Pinto in the United States‚ Ford discovered a defect in the design on the fuel system; the gas tank was placed in the rear of the vehicle. This error could cause the vehicle to explode on low speed rear end collisions due to a
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Running Head: ENGINEERING Engineering Issues and the Ford Pinto Major Walker‚ III Troy University The Ford Pinto was first introduced to the North American market in 1970. The Pinto was introduced primarily to compete in the small car market with where Volkswagen dominated. The way the Ford Pinto was designed tragically left rear-ends accidents up in flames. This is because the gas tank was positioned in between
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An example of the Ford Pinto scandal‚ where organizational leaders mad bad decisions are related to the Ford Pinto catching fire when involved in a rear-end crash where a defect in design or manufacturing could lead to death or serious bodily harm. Ford had access to a new design which would decrease the possibility of the Ford Pinto from exploding‚ the company chose not to implement the design‚ which would have cost $11 per car‚ even though it had done an analysis showing that the new design would
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Immanuel Kant would have would have certainly believed that Ford acted wrongly by not upgrading the integrity of the Pinto’s fuel system after learning about the danger of explosions in low-speed rear end collisions. Kantian deontology asserts that “nothing can possibly be conceived in the world‚ or even out of it‚ which can be called good‚ without qualification‚ except a good will.” (Kant 1). Although some human qualities are intrinsically valuable‚ or good for their own sake‚ Kant believes that
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Does Blowing the Whistle Violate Company Loyalty? Employees have moral obligations to respect the property of the corporation‚ to abide by employment" onmouseover="window.status = ’goto: employment’;return 1" onmouseout="window.status=’’">employment contracts‚ and to operate within the bounds of the company’s procedural rules. However‚ the duty of loyalty is not absolute. That an employee should be loyal is a prima facie duty. The object of the employee’s duty must be deserving if the duty is genuine
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Background This report discusses about the invention of ford pinto in a short period of time and the consequences it had in the life of many people. It discuss about the individual and organization involved in the incidents. It also discuss that even though the people were aware about the situation‚ they had no reaction or concern towards it. Introduction Ford pinto was invented by ford motor company during the late 1970 to capture the entire American subcompact market and put down an alternative
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October 17‚ 2012 Case: The Ford Pinto I believe that the cars should have been recalled when Lee Iacocca; president of Ford‚ learned that ruptured fuel tanks resulted from‚ “Stray sparks easily igniting any spilling gasoline and engulf the car in flame.” This case is about Ford Motor Company trying to compete foreign subcompact cars; Volkswagaons. Ford produced a new car to compete called the Ford Pinto. The normal production time is almost four years‚ but the production for the Pinto took half that
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Assignment 3: Case 8.9 Ford and Its Pinto and GM and its Mallibu: The repeating exploding gas tank problem. 1. Calculate the total cost of all the fixes for the pinto gas tank problem has been performed. Design changes that could have been done by Ford include Side and cross members at $2.40 and $1.80 per car respectively‚ a shock-absorbent “flak suit” to protect the tank at $4; a tank within a tank and placement of the tank over the axle at $5.08 to $5.79; a nylon bladder within the tank at $5
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