Utilitarian Analysis The Case of the Ford Pinto The Ford Pinto first rolled off the Ford Motor Co. production lines in 1971 and stayed in production in its original state until 1978. The vehicle engineers were tasked to develop the vehicle and put it into production within 25 months‚ which was nearly half the time in which the average new vehicle is put into production. The Ford engineers were aware that rear-end impact safety tests were pretty standard at the time‚ but they were not required
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The Accidental Statement: Understand In March 20‚ 2003‚ President George W. Bush gave his military forces orders to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein and his government. These orders resulted in an operation named “shock and awe”‚ which tumbled the nation’s government swiftly and allowed U.S. troops to create a sense of mission command within the overthrown country of Iraq. During the initial invasion Major General David Petraeus commander of the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division was given
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Ford Pinto Case John Fraughton Jr. Taylor Gray Brenda Greenwell Christopher Macintyre Leanne Marks University of Phoenix MGT 216 March 17‚ 2010 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Recommended Solutions and Supporting Information to the Ford Pinto Case 3 Traffic Safety and Accident Data 4 Ethical Opinion 5 Influences from External Social Pressures 5 Case Examined with the Period Eye 6 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction Very few 20 to 30 year olds know of
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Ford Pinto Fires Case Study and Executive Summary John Bonner‚ Scotti Greenleaf‚ Rose Scarbrough MGT216 University of Phoenix October 18‚ 2010 Sarah Nelson Ford Pinto Fires Case Study and Executive Summary Introduction During the Late 1960’s the Ford Motor Company was one of the leading auto manufactures in the United States. Ford was credited with revolutionizing the muscle car era of the 1950’s and 1960’s. During the mid 1960’s Lee Iacocca helped Ford establish itself in the late 1960’s
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Ford Pinto Case Study The Ford pinto lasted from the 1960’s to the late 1970s and was highly controversial. This poorly made automobile came from a production race between the USA and Japan‚ where the United States promised an affordable‚ fuel efficient‚ and reliable car. Because of the hasty production‚ it left Ford with a flawed‚ dangerous‚ and untested product. The outrage over the obvious safety flaws of the Ford Pinto caused leaders to call upon their values‚ mission statement‚ and ethics
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In “The Lesson” by Bambara the author’s method of recreating the narrative in the present tense allows for a greater emotional link towards the main character. While in “The Chase” by Dillard the memory is vividly retold in the past tense which creates a gap between the reader and the main character. Thus‚ for Bambara‚ the dialect in the story is concurrent with what she would have heard and said in the past‚ for example‚ “...she was black as hell‚ cept for her feet‚ which were fish-white and spooky
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Growing Pains Jeffrey Jones sits on his front porch on a cool‚ May morning‚ holding a glass of iced tea. He reminisces on his childhood back in rural Iowa. Sitting across from him is his 15 year old granddaughter Alice; she is glued to her phone taking awkward looking selfies. Jeffrey observes this behavior‚ thinking how his childhood compared to his granddaughters’‚ and how his seemingly upheld better standards and responsibilities. Jeffrey blatantly states‚ intruding on the faint morning breeze
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K’iche’ (Quiche’) Maya and the Popol Vuh K’iche’ (Quiche’) Maya and the Popol Vuh The K’iche’ (Quiché) Maya had an advanced civilization in pre-Columbian times with a high level of political and social organization. Archaeological findings have shown large populations centers and a complex class structure. While the early Mayan people did not have an exact written language the fact of oral tradition has left historians to be lucky enough to have later writers
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Case 5: The Case of the Ford Pinto Refer to this case‚ of about the Ford Pinto case‚ I have been read about this topic from web pages and forum that have been discuses. Here are some of studies that I have been made to finish this paper work in different aspects of ethics and professionalism. In the ‘Ford Pinto Case Study’‚ it seems clear that Ford management and its engineers did not intend to make an unsafe product‚ and that more than likely the outcome of their product resulted primarily from
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The Ford Pinto Case In the early years of car making‚ America was one of the top car manufacturing countries. But in the late 1960’s the consumers preference started to shift‚ and that meant less American cars were being sold. Consumers were looking for a more compact car rather than the heavy and long cars that were being sold. Japanese car manufactures of Datsun and Toyoya had taken over the market with their small‚ cheap‚ and compact cars. The Ford motor company felt the Japanese punch
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