Ford Pinto

In regards to the Ford Pinto case, I believe that the decision to stick to the original design was a selfish and morally wrong decision. Ford chose to endanger the lives of all their customers who bought the Ford Pinto out of greed. Though Ford was in danger of being beaten by foreign imports, it is much more important to keep the customers who buy your vehicles safe. Without loyal customer’s, Ford would not be the successful car company that it is, which should call for them to respect those who

Shortly after, in 1977 the newspaper called Mother Johns published an article talking about how dangerous Ford Pinto actually is and how they introduced it to the market knowing of its flaws with the gas tanks, they also accused Ford Corporation of lobbying, and supplying false information for more than 8 years, which would result in preventing the new 301 safety standards to be implemented into the car productions. The

gives in this article is that Ford completely disregards safety and ethics when making the Ford Pinto. Not only does Ford disregard safety, but they also try to cover up the fact that they are killing many people in the process. The author, gives many examples, and puts emphasis on the fact that Ford took seven years to fix the Pinto problem. The author says that Ford was a case of corporate malpractice in the auto industry. 2. I agree with the author in saying that Ford is a case of corporate malpractice

of fires comes from the small compact car called the Ford Pinto. Just a touch of the bumper will cause injury and death to happen in this car. This car has been known through time to be a very dangerous car. The history of the car, the way the car was designed and made, and the aftermath and problems it caused prove why this car is such a dangerous car. The car itself was the start of an era for small compact cars. The idea for the Ford Pinto started in about 1968 when car companies were trying

Ford Pinto Case The humankind history has probably never known one completely successful product - a product that would never break down or malfunction. "The ideal product is a myth because in reality, there has been and always will be mistakes and flaws in the technology and production. When there are only a small percentage of defective pieces, it is easy to blame the individual product. It is when there is repetitive malfunction of the same system under the same conditions that people begin

Ford Pinto Case: The Invisible Corporate Human Pricetag 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

The Ford Pinto, a compact car produced during the 1970s by ford, it was well known for its tendency to cause an explosion when rear ended from another car because it would leak fumes. this cause multiple deaths and people wanted justice for the damages and deaths this caused, and why there was not more actions taken by ford. In the late 1960, s people wanted to start buying small cars and they were becoming more and more popular, people wanted better gas mileage so that’s when different car dealerships

In the late 1960’s Ford Motor Company, losing ground to the Japanese imports, Ford needed to design a vehicle that could compete against Japanese imports in sales. Wanting to release the vehicle in 1971, Ford decided to design and produce the Ford Pinto in twenty-five months instead of the normal forty-three. In doing so, Ford was unable to complete a crash safety test on the rear of the vehicle until the vehicle was produced. When the test was finally completed, it was found that the rear collision

The Ford Pinto Xing Liu Jul-9-2015 When putting top priority on the pursuit of interest, people are inclined to make unethical decisions and take unethical actions, because they treat other people merely as a means to their goals by dehumanizing other people. They choose to ignore the fact that all human beings have names, families, soul (they are not property) and independent thinking as we do, deprive innocent people of freedom and well-being that these people deserve as human beings

October 1971, Ford mass-produced a new 1972 Pinto hatchback. 2) In November, the Grays purchased the new 1972 Pinto hatchback. 3) On May 28, 1972, Mrs. Gray was driving from Anaheim to Barstow to see Mr. Gray and was accompanied by 13-year-old Richard Grimshaw. 4) Route 30 off-ramp was getting congested, Mrs. Gray moved from the outer fast lane into the middle lane. 5) After she changed lanes, the Pinto hatchback suddenly stalled and came to a stop. 6) A car traveling behind the Pinto was able to