Legal Analysis Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Facts In 1972 a Ford Pinto‚ purchased six months prior‚ unexpectedly stalled on the freeway in California. The Pinto was hit from behind by a Ford Galaxy‚ erupting into flames instantly. The driver of the car‚ Lilly Gray‚ suffered from fatal burns and died a few days later in the hospital. The passenger‚ a 13-year old boy named Richard Grimshaw‚ was also severely injured from burns‚ which caused his face and body to be permanently disfigured. After
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issues does the Pinto case raise? The moral issues about the Ford Pinto is that they take their profit is more important than human life. They also did not inform the consumer about the facts of the Pinto. Lastly‚ they also lobbied the safety of the car to lowest standard (Shaw‚ Barry & Sansbury 2009‚ pp 97-99). （44 words） 2. Suppose Ford officials were asked to justify their decision. What moral principles do you think they would invoke? Assess Ford’s handling of the Pinto from the perspective
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were intense. Wanting to be able to compete with the Japanese imports Ford created and rushed the production for their new Pinto. In making a reliable and safe car‚ production time usually last 43 months. The production for the pinto was finished in 25 months. The rush production and designed kept the price to sell less than $2‚000. The test for rear end impact wasn’t tested until after it was produced and it failed. Ford Engineers knew that the testing for the rear end impact was a standard
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Chapter 8: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Caption: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Citation: California Court of Appeals‚ Fourth District‚ 1981 174 Cal. Rptr. 348 Facts: 1. Ford developed a new model‚ later to be known as the pinto‚ changing the design drastically. 2. Ford discovered that the fuel tanks position was in a ’vulnerable place’ and the car failed to met crash safety standards. 3. Ford was aware of the small cost to help the fuel tanks meet standards but refused to
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Case Study Discussion & Executive Summary: Pinto Fires Monday‚ March 28‚ 2011 Robert Adams‚ Kristi Nguyen‚ Ren Heeralal Mgt 216/ Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility Instructor: DIANE RECTOR Case Study Discussion & Executive Summary This is an essay concerning a case study discussion & executive summary involving the Ford Pinto case. On August 10‚ 1978‚ take for the chapter concerning (Managing business ethics)‚ three teen girls died in an automobile accident
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Principles of Responsible Commerce Tutorial Preparation Week 3 (The Ford Pinto) 1. What moral issues does the Pinto case raise? The Ford Pinto case in (Shaw‚ Barry & Sansbury 2009‚ p97) stated that Ford decided to continue produce the Pinto without making an improvement regardless of consumers’ safety because its prototype tests did not meet the safety requirement of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They should not put the value of money prioritise than human life. Firstly
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Utilitarianism and the Ford Pinto Case The goal of utilitarianism is to seek out pleasure and base your decision making on creating the greatest possible happiness for the greatest number of people. Utilitarianism is only concerned with producing a desirable result‚ regardless of whether the action taken to arrive at the desired result was good or bad. In business‚ all sorts of factors are involved in creating products ranging from where to purchase raw materials‚ where to build a factory
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ETHICS IN MANAGEMENT? Ethical management refers to corporate management that not only fulfills economic goals and legal responsibilities‚ but also meets the ethical expectations imposed by social norms in conducting business. There are 5 specific functional areas of management which is covered by business ethics : 1) Ethical management in the workplace. Ethical management is the foundation of CSR (voluntary activities undertaken by a company to operate in an economic‚ social and
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http://www.helium.com/items/1227445-business-ethics-albert-carr-business-bluffing http://www.helium.com/items/1227445-business-ethics-albert-carr-business-bluffing?page=2 Sherefkin‚ R. 2003. Lee Iacocca ’s Pinto: A fiery failure; Exploding gas tanks killed and maimed hundreds and wrecked Ford ’s reputation. Automotive News‚ 15 June 2003.
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Honesty in the Business World Honesty in our daily life should be our most important value. Dishonesty in the can be found in every corner of our lives. It can be found in our government‚ our companies‚ and even our families. Maintaining honest attributes in our lives is difficult in a world that is full of corruption‚ lies‚ and secrets. Because of these traits those who are honest stand above the crowd. Your honest behavior may inspire others to stand up with you or cause others to try and look
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