believe I would do following the eight-step method to ethical decision making. The first step is identifying the relevant facts. In the Pinto Fires Case, I believe there are six large facts that are the most relevant to determining whether a recall is the appropriate course of action. The first fact is that Ford Motor Company discovered the issue before the Pinto was released. With many recalls, the issues are not discovered until after the products in question are released, but Ford knew about
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Identify five Relevant Facts * At its time of release, the Pinto met the required standards. * I received field reports suggesting Pintos were susceptible to “exploding” in rear-end collisions at speeds under 25 miles per hour. * Last year in San Bernardino, California a neighbor of 13 year old Richard Grimshaw’s gas tank ruptured, causing the car to burst into flames. The neighbor did not die from impact, but was killed in the fire. Grimshaw suffered third-degree burns over 90 percent of his
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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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PINTO FIRES CASE The assumption that ‘it’s easy to be ethical’ assumes that individuals automatically know that they are facing an ethical dilemma and that they should simply choose to do the right thing. But decision makers may not always recognize that they are facing a moral issue. Rarely do decisions come with waving red flags. Dennis Gioia was recall coordinator at Ford Motor Company in the early 1970s when the company decided not to recall the Pinto despite dangerous fires that were
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In the article, Ford Pinto Fuel-Fed Fires, “the Center for Auto Safety petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall Ford Pintos due to defects in the design of the strap on the gas tank which made it susceptible to leakage and fire in low to moderate speed collisions,” (Ford), clarifies the conception that improvements are indefinite. Not in this case, “Mark Dowie of Mother Jones Magazine, published documentation that Ford Motor Company was aware of the weakness in the
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College for Financial Planning ETH 550—Business Ethics Master Course Syllabus I. Course Description Course Description This course is designed to achieve the following objectives: Explore the ethical dimension in the current global environment. Study and apply major normative ethical theories to business situations. Understand the relevance of stakeholders to business decisions. Improve ethical and moral decision-making processes. Analyze case studies that present ethical business
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Managing Product Safety: the Ford Pinto Summary: Around 1967 Ford Motor Company decided to design a small size car called the Ford Pinto. The automobile industry at the time (and still is) was highly competitive and very cyclical. In the late 1960's, America began to see the influences of foreign vehicles. Facts Around 1967 Ford Motor Company decided to design a small size car called the Ford Pinto. The automobile industry at the time (and still is) was highly competitive and very cyclical
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Ford Pinto Case In the late 1960s Ford Motor Company developed the idea of the Ford Pinto. Foreign automobile such as Germans and Japanese manufactures dominated the small car market. Ford Motor Company did not want to stay behind in production. Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford II and Lee Iococca’s rushed building new compact cars out in the market within two and half years which, was the Ford Pinto and the shortest production planning. Production and distribution of the 1970s Ford Pinto
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Under the leadership of Ford CEO Lee Lacocca, The Ford Pinto Company introduced in 1971 in Canada, and later in U.S, had reputation as being the safety pioneer in the automobile industry. But was trouble impending, the car did not pass on the test, meaning that it failed bellow the state of the art for cars of that size. The design of the car flaws in its Pinto model could cause the car to burst into flames even in minor rear-end collisions. At the time there was no National Highway Traffic Safety
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people to question its business research and ethical practices. The controversy came about with the development of the Ford Pinto. The Ford Pinto was manufactured as a response to the overwhelming competition from Volkswagen, Toyota, and Datsun in the abundant small car market. Lee Iaccoca was the vice president for Ford Company during the development of the Ford Pinto, and was very influential in launching the project. He had the credit of the Ford Mustang to his name, and was involved with
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