Ford Pinto and Tylenol case
The issue surrounding the companies was their products that did not meet the ethical and legal standards. In Ford Pinto case, the company came up with a model vehicle to compete with the Japanese, which dominated the car sale segment. Ford Pinto was invented with its price and delivery low and faster respectively. The car was associated with explosive problems. A problem was detected in the car tank in which the tank was spilling the fuel. This increased the case of fire in the cases of accidents. Since the company’s target was to get out their products as fast as possible, they made a benefit analysis suggesting that damages would cost less than the repair. This means that, even though the company was aware of the complications, they ignored it and many people died.
Tylenol was the leading painkiller medicine in the United States. …show more content…
The drug could not be reliable anymore to the people of America. However, this was not the end of Johnson & Johnson. They later came up with new strategies to take back the drug into the market. This was a campaign to re-introduce the drugs to the public by restoring confidence back to their consumers.
Ford Pinto case is a case that deserved severe punishment besides the compensation to the damages. The vehicles were risking the people’s lives. Moreover, it has also caused an estimated death of 27 people due to its explosive nature. Therefore, the burning of the vehicle manufacturing could have been the best solution. On the same note, the Tylenol’s case could have also been given warning and inspections besides compensations o the damages to avoid further damages.
The case of Ford Pinto was unethical. The human life is incomparable to any material wealth as the Ford Company was trying to put it. It should be as well considered illegal. Any product that risks a human life should be illegal as it terminates the rights of people; a right to
The issue surrounding the companies was their products that did not meet the ethical and legal standards. In Ford Pinto case, the company came up with a model vehicle to compete with the Japanese, which dominated the car sale segment. Ford Pinto was invented with its price and delivery low and faster respectively. The car was associated with explosive problems. A problem was detected in the car tank in which the tank was spilling the fuel. This increased the case of fire in the cases of accidents. Since the company’s target was to get out their products as fast as possible, they made a benefit analysis suggesting that damages would cost less than the repair. This means that, even though the company was aware of the complications, they ignored it and many people died.
Tylenol was the leading painkiller medicine in the United States. …show more content…
The drug could not be reliable anymore to the people of America. However, this was not the end of Johnson & Johnson. They later came up with new strategies to take back the drug into the market. This was a campaign to re-introduce the drugs to the public by restoring confidence back to their consumers.
Ford Pinto case is a case that deserved severe punishment besides the compensation to the damages. The vehicles were risking the people’s lives. Moreover, it has also caused an estimated death of 27 people due to its explosive nature. Therefore, the burning of the vehicle manufacturing could have been the best solution. On the same note, the Tylenol’s case could have also been given warning and inspections besides compensations o the damages to avoid further damages.
The case of Ford Pinto was unethical. The human life is incomparable to any material wealth as the Ford Company was trying to put it. It should be as well considered illegal. Any product that risks a human life should be illegal as it terminates the rights of people; a right to