Ford Pinto
Running head: FORD PINTO CASE STUDY
Ford Pinto Case Study
Shannon Arrighi, Brad Collins, Chasity Mobley, and Tom Tumminelli
University of Phoenix
Ford Pinto Case Study
Shannon---Introduction
Faced With The Ethical Dilemma In this ethical dilemma the team agrees it would have been handled differently. Within our group it seems that there would be different opinions of how it would have been handled. As an industry professional, ones moral obligation and responsibility of every employee within the organization to do everything he or she can within his or her power to ensure the company is providing a safe product for customers. One would have implemented a voluntary recall. The voluntary recall would have cost Ford less …show more content…
However, one believes the solution today would have been the same in 1971 because of ones moral and ethical upbringing. One tends to stand very firm on ones values and priorities. Ones priorities are God, family, oneself, then the job. Although the industry did not have a standard on rear-end impacts at the time, engineers at Ford Motors knew the testing for rear-end impact was a standard safety procedure. The car was tested after production, and it failed the test (De George, 2006). At that point one believes there were only two options moving forward. First, install the baffle behind the rear bumper in order to meet the testing requirements or offer customers the option of purchasing the baffle and require the customer to sign a waiver. One believes he would have decided to install the baffle during production and absorb the cost of the installation as well as the cost of not meeting the production deadline. One believes the decision would have been there responsibility of the industry professionals to insist on providing ones customers a safe product for their families. Standing by ones personal morals and ethical values will lead one to the road of success. Strong managers who make tough decisions provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs (Jack
Ford Pinto Case Study
Shannon Arrighi, Brad Collins, Chasity Mobley, and Tom Tumminelli
University of Phoenix
Ford Pinto Case Study
Shannon---Introduction
Faced With The Ethical Dilemma In this ethical dilemma the team agrees it would have been handled differently. Within our group it seems that there would be different opinions of how it would have been handled. As an industry professional, ones moral obligation and responsibility of every employee within the organization to do everything he or she can within his or her power to ensure the company is providing a safe product for customers. One would have implemented a voluntary recall. The voluntary recall would have cost Ford less …show more content…
However, one believes the solution today would have been the same in 1971 because of ones moral and ethical upbringing. One tends to stand very firm on ones values and priorities. Ones priorities are God, family, oneself, then the job. Although the industry did not have a standard on rear-end impacts at the time, engineers at Ford Motors knew the testing for rear-end impact was a standard safety procedure. The car was tested after production, and it failed the test (De George, 2006). At that point one believes there were only two options moving forward. First, install the baffle behind the rear bumper in order to meet the testing requirements or offer customers the option of purchasing the baffle and require the customer to sign a waiver. One believes he would have decided to install the baffle during production and absorb the cost of the installation as well as the cost of not meeting the production deadline. One believes the decision would have been there responsibility of the industry professionals to insist on providing ones customers a safe product for their families. Standing by ones personal morals and ethical values will lead one to the road of success. Strong managers who make tough decisions provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs (Jack