Gigantic Motors Case Study
Travis Johnson
An Explosive Problem at Gigantic Motors
5.1.12
Step I. Understanding the situation
A. List and number the relevant facts.
Statement of Fact Number | Statement of Fact | 1 | Jonathan Archer and Zefrem Cochrane are employees of the Rugged Trucks Company, a light truck division of Gigantic Motors Corporation. | 2 | Jonathan and Zefrem have been coworkers for approximately one year. | 3 | Zefrem tells Jonathan that he would like to talk about something confidential that needs to stay confidential, which Jonathan agreed would stay confidential. | 4 | Zefrem’s current project involves repositioning fuel tanks on company truck designs for the new model. | 5 | Ten years ago for fifteen years prior, Rugged Trucks’ fuel tanks were mounted outside of the side frame rails of the trucks to protect the tanks in case of a side impact. | 6 | Zefrem learned that the former positioning of the fuel tanks on the trucks increased the chances of explosions during side impact. | 7 | Safety research of the history of the trucks showed that the outside positioning of the fuel tanks throughout the fifteen-year period led to approximately 50 side-impact deaths and 110 personal injuries. | 8 | Rugged Trucks exclusively designed and used the outside positioned fuel tanks. | 9 | Approximately 6.3 million of the 10 million Rugged Trucks with outside positioned fuel tanks are still being used. | 10 | Zefrem has mixed feelings about the older-designed Rugged Trucks still being used because of the proven hazards associated with them. | 11 | Twenty-seven ago, the original plans for the Rugged Trucks included the safest, most fuel efficient, and driver-friendly design. | 12 | Gigantic Motors retained Dynamic Motors’ Fuel Development Division to design Rugged Trucks to build a solid long-term reputation of the trucks. | 13 | While Dynamic was the designer of the Rugged Trucks, Gigantic had the authority to furnish the design criteria and amend
An Explosive Problem at Gigantic Motors
5.1.12
Step I. Understanding the situation
A. List and number the relevant facts.
Statement of Fact Number | Statement of Fact | 1 | Jonathan Archer and Zefrem Cochrane are employees of the Rugged Trucks Company, a light truck division of Gigantic Motors Corporation. | 2 | Jonathan and Zefrem have been coworkers for approximately one year. | 3 | Zefrem tells Jonathan that he would like to talk about something confidential that needs to stay confidential, which Jonathan agreed would stay confidential. | 4 | Zefrem’s current project involves repositioning fuel tanks on company truck designs for the new model. | 5 | Ten years ago for fifteen years prior, Rugged Trucks’ fuel tanks were mounted outside of the side frame rails of the trucks to protect the tanks in case of a side impact. | 6 | Zefrem learned that the former positioning of the fuel tanks on the trucks increased the chances of explosions during side impact. | 7 | Safety research of the history of the trucks showed that the outside positioning of the fuel tanks throughout the fifteen-year period led to approximately 50 side-impact deaths and 110 personal injuries. | 8 | Rugged Trucks exclusively designed and used the outside positioned fuel tanks. | 9 | Approximately 6.3 million of the 10 million Rugged Trucks with outside positioned fuel tanks are still being used. | 10 | Zefrem has mixed feelings about the older-designed Rugged Trucks still being used because of the proven hazards associated with them. | 11 | Twenty-seven ago, the original plans for the Rugged Trucks included the safest, most fuel efficient, and driver-friendly design. | 12 | Gigantic Motors retained Dynamic Motors’ Fuel Development Division to design Rugged Trucks to build a solid long-term reputation of the trucks. | 13 | While Dynamic was the designer of the Rugged Trucks, Gigantic had the authority to furnish the design criteria and amend