YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Product Safety Management and the Infamous Ford Pinto Case
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7. Ford brought the Pinto to market in September 1970, in time for the 1971 models, as directed (Davidson, 1984). The development ...
this car alone (Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co, 1981). Mother Jones Magazine, August 1977 issue, blew the lid off of Fords deceit by c...
Bettignies, 2006, p. 270). Discern--Ford executives took a narrow focus on product safety that endeavored to adhere strictly to ...
design engineers did not intend for the Pinto to be dangerous in rear-end collisions, so the Kantian perspective essentially would...
deaths resulting from the Pintos faulty design because no one at Ford could know the future. Certainly design engineers did not i...
In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...
subcompact models. Regulations existed for fuel economy and safety. Ford itself had concerns about the placement of the gas tank ...
how one determines the parameters of moral law is what he refers to as the "categorical imperative." It offers a valuable framewo...
its over-all business plan for the future, which is entitled "Our Way Forward" (Schoonmaker, 2006). This plan includes a provisio...
In five pages environmental contamination and the Ford Pinto cases are examined in this overview of how human life's value is ofte...
substitute product does not receive the same taxation treatment. This is important as it extends the potential for a like product,...
actions would have been sanctioned by law forty years ago, the consensus of society at today is that this sort of discrimination i...
being responsible for the growing number of deaths and injury resulting from the failures, whatever their cause. The pattern that...
are several factors to consider when presenting a safety meeting in order to make sure that it is truly helpful and meaningful dur...
be somewhat doubtful as to the results they will get with the product, it was decided that television marketing would be important...
The case goes on to note that BMWs latest marketing strategy is to provide the consumer with an interactive website and by using t...
Special Projects: This is highly specialized requiring significant skill and capacity in all areas. The company on the bid for bui...
In fifteen pages this paper examines Ford's history, how the company developed and entered the global market with product diversif...
also places emphasis on the role of ongoing training and self improvement. Even if we look at commercial models for the way an org...
the "promissory note" that was made to each and every American when the Constitution was written (King, 1963). He and the group ha...
developed lifecycle theories. His theories are more based on organizational design and management. Second, the student has...
on a constant basis or the ones that he or she can easily gain access to that have to be scrutinized the most closely. Toys and ca...
customers, a position that most of the industry shares. McDonalds and Burger King have led the industry in ensuring the saf...
people would likely purchase the vehicle only due to the fact that it had the Jaguar brand, even though the model was known to be ...
speech and language abilities" (Calkins and Kelley, 2007, p. 151). This is particularly interest in light of the fact that the ori...
that are gradually being seen introduced, but agent which there is still some resistance. Product costing has traditionally been...
mayhem in the world. Most computer programs have a two-digit date field, thus when the year 1998 is keyed in, the computer reads o...
headquarters for the purpose of reproducing the Mexican experience in Europe. Marketing and Advertising Strategies...
In six pages this paper examines 20th century modernist literature in a consideration of such concepts as impressionism, postmoder...
In five pages this paper considers how in the years since World War II technological advancements have profoundly changed employee...