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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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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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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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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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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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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Matos PHL/323 June 15‚ 2015 Vickie Sims Personal Ethics Development Ethics are the moral correctness of specified conduct. They are a basis in distinguishing between right and wrong in several situations‚ addressing the questions of morality. Various basis provide guidelines in the development of ethics. The ethics also varies with the specific situations and places in which they are applied. In my ethical development‚ there are rules and standards that I use as a guide when taking actions in different
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received additional scrutiny. According to Shesgreen (2013) at least 108 eventually had their tax-exempt applications approved‚ including 31 tea party members‚ patriot‚ or 9/12 organizations. 28 withdrew their applications‚ and another batch — 160 cases as of December 2012 — remain in limbo. The questions to be answered are “Who are to blame and how can the Government return to its ethical standards?” In the corporate world‚ there are plenty of things that cross the line between what is ethical
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Cassandra Boone PHL 323 May 09‚ 2011 Frank Campbell Personal Ethics Development Paper What comes to mind when you the think of ethics? Most people will say that ethics are your moral values. Ethics are instilled early on in life by your care takers. Ethics is a topic that is considered to be complicated and not easily defined. Per the dictionary‚ ethics is defined as a system of moral principles; the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular
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RUNNING HEAD: Johnson and Johnson Case Study Action Plan Johnson and Johnson Case Study Action Plan PHL/323 Abstract This paper briefly summarizes the action plan case study of Johnson and Johnson. Seven people had died after ingesting Tylenol‚ a painkiller that was produce by McNeil Laboratories‚ a Johnson & Johnson division. The Tylenol was mix with cyanide poisoning. Johnson and Johnson realized that the tragic event was not the company’s fault but an external sabotage. In addition‚ Learning
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