Case Study Of Firestone

A major car company by the name of Toyota was recently experiencing mechanical issues with some of their vehicles and there have been major fatalities cause by it. Toyota is trying to recall the models that are causing the problems, however, there are too many to recall and it will cost millions of dollars to fix the problem. Having a successful company requires that you practice and have good business ethics also. Toyota business ethics have come into question over its lack of concern for the safety of the consumer and for its desire to make as much money as possible, therefore Toyota had a major recall after owners of Toyota vehicles raised issue about the safety of Toyota’s vehicles.

If you went out one day and out of nowhere you find yourself in a life-or-death situation would it be your fault? People in a life-or-death situation should be held accountable for their actions because most of the time people know that if they do something that can put them in a life-or-death situation then something bad will happen but they still do it willingly. Another person might not agree with this claim and say that people should not be held accountable for their actions. The reason he or she might think this is because if when a person does face a life-or-death situation it might not be entirely their fault. The following reasons are examples of why my claim is stronger.

The first factor in the fire was that colorado was going through a drought. The drought led to very dry conditions making the area very susceptible to fires. The conditions were the driest they had been in 30 year. On june 8th when the fire started there was a very dry air mass over colorado. There was also a low pressure system in washington that made for very windy conditions in colorado at 15 mph with gusts of 30 mph. These extremely dry conditions along with it being windy made the perfect conditions for this fire to spread rapidly. Once the fire started the wind pushed the flames quickly through the forest. When the fire was first spotted the fire was fought very aggressively sending in planes and helicopters to drop water on it but the fire spread too fast and led to it becoming the massive fire that it

In this essay, I will argue that Ford Motor Company’s business behavior was unethical as demonstrated in the Ford Pinto Case. Ford did not reveal all the facts to consumers about a harmful gas tank design in the Ford Pinto. They tried to justify their decision to sell an unsafe car by using a Cost-Benefit Analysis which determined it was cheaper to sell the cars without changing to a safer gas tank. The price of not fixing the gas tanks is human injuries and fatalities. By choosing not to make the Pinto a safer vehicle Ford placed a price on the head of every consumer. Ford’s primary concern was to maximize profits. Ford had a duty and ethical responsibility to customers to

Assuming that passing close to the wires was unavoidable, identify the steps that the company might have taken to avoid the tragedy. (Points : 30)

The claims process is not adequately documented to ensure timely reporting or processing of claims.

The reading states that many people called for replacing the "let it burn" policy with a policy of extinguishing forest fires as soon as they appeared and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor states that the "let it burn" policy is a good policy and refutes each of the authors' reasons.

On the contrary, policies changed in Unit 4. Fire certainly is an important role in natural ecosystems, but it often threatens human lives, such as the Big Burn incident. In Unit 4, the Yellowstone fires of 1988 created a wildfire policy. There is a lot of criticism when wildfire mistakes are made. In Chapter 29, it talked about the Cerro Grande Fire of 2000 in New Mexico. This fire started out as an intentional management fire. Nonetheless, the fire got out of hand and destroyed 400 homes in Los Alamos. The damage from this fire ended up being one billion dollars. There wasn’t a national fire policy until 2009, where agencies developed a Federal Wildland Fire Policy to help with their decisions. Despite the new policy, each agency approaches

The managers did not ensure that major incidents were reported to the CQC as required

On the night of 21st June 1979, nearly six months before the Hastie fire, Rosabell Fenton was preparing for bed when she saw a figure of a man stood by her front door. The figure moved away when he became aware that he had been seen. She was convinced it was “Daft Peter”, who she knew and had shouted at earlier that day as he was loitering on her porch acting

F- On December 13, during seventh hour in my communications class on a Tuesday seven of us, Me (Sunmi), Morgan, Brandi, Maya, Rachael, Caralee, and Laine gathered in order to have a fishbowl discussion about the mistreatment and exploitation of marine animals.The primary purpose of this discussion according to our teacher, Mr. Wolfe was for us to select a committee type, create a problem, and then hold a discussion where we attempt to solve the problem in 30 minutes.The aquatic life representations, create a problem- marine animals are being exploited, hold a discussion that and create a resolution in 30 minutes. The second purpose of this activity was to help us become aware of the roles we as individuals play

The article states that the three kinds of damage caused by the yellow stone fire, and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that the fire would not only damage the ecosystem, however, it helps to create an ecosystem, and refutes each of the author’s reasons.

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, they decided to sell it instead of making an improvement. Next, they were dishonest because they did not dispose it out to outside world about the dangerous of the Ford Pinto and tried to keep for secret. Besides, they used their lobby power

Prescribed fire, the burning of dead or non-living trees, an important subject to people because it makes them wonder the perks and the downsides of it, but the claim states, can prescribed fire needed or unneeded?

According to Trevino & Nelson the Golden Rule is an “important deontological guide: do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (43). Which they go on to say, that the Golden Rule leads people to the best decision only if a person is ethical (p. 43). Many would agree that neither U-North nor the firm practice the Golden Rule, they do not treat the victims in the class action suit (against U-North) with the same consideration they would expect to receive. The second ethical issue is U-North’s lack of corporate social responsibility. We see this by their continual use of toxic chemicals, after discovering it has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Their decision to continue to promote their product as a health and beneficial product for people, without disclosing the potential harm and even death it can cause shows a great lack of corporate social responsibility. U-North’s primary concern appears to be with making a profit.