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    Pinto Fires

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    The Ford Pinto Fires Case The Pinto fires case is about a series of accidents involving the Ford Pinto’s fuel tank bursting into flames if struck from the rear. A 1978 suit against Ford Motor Co. for the murder of 3 teenagers brought the incidents to the public attention as it was the first time a major corporation was charged in a criminal case beyond negligence (Trevino‚ 2011). Background The Ford Pinto was rushed to production by Lee Iacocca to directly compete in the small car market with countries

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    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 time

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    Pinto Fires

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    Ford Pinto Fires Case Questions 1. Identify relevant facts (Treviño‚ Nelson‚ and K.A. (2007) a. 1968 Ford made the decision to battle foreign competition and produce a small car to be in the showroom by 1971 b. Shortest production planning period in automotive history c. Under normal conditions chassis design‚ styling‚ product planning‚ advance engineering‚ component testing‚ and so on were all either completed or nearly completed prior to tooling of the production factories

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    Case Analysis: Pinto Fires Introduction Greed is the root to evil or at least the motivation behind some corporations making a good‚ ethical decision. The Ford Motor Company fell into a trap of greed that would cost many human lives. Before the disaster of the Pinto Fires‚ Ford had a reputation as being the safety pioneer in the automobile industry with additions such as the seat belts. However‚ as the invention of small cars began to take emerge Ford began to loose market shares to the foreign

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    Pinto Fires Case Study

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    After watching this video where Danny Gioia talks about his time at Ford and listening to these students pick his brain about his experience with the Pinto Fires scenario. Overall‚ after reading the case and Gioia’s personal memoir about his experience and how he grew‚ I felt strongly connected to his case. After writing my ethical dilemma paper‚ I found myself falling into scripting my unethical behavior and also not fully being aware of their ethical situation. I knew that something felt weird

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    Risk Analysis (Pinto Case) Three social issues that are in this case are that one‚ social issue in this case was Ford claimed the reason for the recall of the 1.9 million Ford Pintos was not for safety but for “reputational” reasons. This is a social issue because‚ after all the evidence was piled up on their company for being unsafe and hazardous‚ they couldn’t just admit they made a mistake and recall the vehicles to make them safer. No‚ they had to use the reputation card to help their company’s

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    Pinto Fire Case Study

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    Pinto Fire Case Study MGT216 April 18‚ 2012 Roles Regarding Pinto Fire In the 1970’s Ford Motor Company was faced with a questionable decision regarding the production and introduction of the Ford Pinto (Encyclopedia of Science‚ Technology‚ and Ethics‚ 2006). The introduction of the Ford Pinto was Ford’s attempt at producing a stylish and affordable subcompact vehicle that possessed lower operating costs (Encyclopedia of Science‚ Technology‚ and Ethics‚ 2006). The Pinto was rushed into production

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    Pinto Fire Case Analysis

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    Pinto Fire Case Analysis Identify Decision Options Available to decision makers The affected Parties Ford Motor Company The Consumers purchasing the Ford Pinto The Decision Options Available 1.) The first decision available to Ford was to have taken Mr. Knudsen’s idea of foregoing the small car market and focus on the most profitable medium size cars market. This would have made it unnecessary for the company to shorten its regular production time‚ which resulted in cutting corners in the

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    Commerce (COMM 101) Case 2.3 (The Ford Pinto) Week 4 1. What moral issues does the Pinto case raise? Moral issues that Ford Pinto case raises included producing dangerous products which are not safe to use it without informing the dangerous of the products to the public. In addition‚ lobbying the NHTSA to delay the safety measure of the products is also one of the moral issues that Ford Pinto case raises. (53 words) 2. Suppose Ford officials were asked to justify their

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    Ethics and Values in Management BAGM5033 (2014/1) CASE STUDY: THE FORD PINTO VELU KUMARASAMY MC1301MC0029 Assigned By: Dr. Shaharudin Yunus 1 TABLE OF CONTENT NO PARTICULAR 1 CASE SUMMARY : THE FORD PINTO 2 Q1: Is it ethical for a company such as Ford‚ to perform cost-benefit PAGE analyses when lives are involved? 3 Q2: As a society we often perform cost-benefit analyses involving lives. For example‚ we do not require overpasses to be built at all railroad crossings‚ even though we know

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