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I will be giving examples of the Ford Pinto scandal, the Jon Burge and other current ethical scandals where organizations and work groups made bad decisions (Pollack, 2017). I will explain whether the elements of Bandura’s moral neutralization was present. Present examples of the Ford Pinto scandal, the Jon Burge scandal, and other current ethical scandals where organizational leaders and/or work groups made bad decisions. Explain whether or not the elements of Bandura’s moral…

making it different ethical view from two different sides. Ford pinto had passed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration standards so it was lawfully accepted. Stakeholders The main stakeholders who are involved in this case are customers who buy the car, employees of Ford like the designers of the car, people in the recall vehicle department who have to make decisions after getting reports from surveys and the higher ups at Ford like a president and CEO who have the authorities to…

Paul Walker's daughter, Meadow Walker, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that manufactured the car her father died in. Two years after his accident, "The Fast and Furious" star's daughter is suing Porsche, stating that the vehicle he was traveling in was unsafe and lacked certain safety features she believes could have saved her father and his friend Roger Rodas. According to TMZ, copies of the suit state that Walker's car lacked important safety features that could have…

the premise that the previous court had erred in its decision. Negligent Conduct Another major issue in this case is based on negligence. Stark argues that Ford was negligent in foreseeing the use of the seat belt. Ford claims that even though there were adequate warnings, Stark’s parents put her in the seat belt incorrectly. Stark will…

Cause - Then In the early 1980s, consumers had complained to Audi about a sudden acceleration problem in their Audi 5000 vehicles (Wathen, 1987). As a result, in March 1986, the Center for Auto Safety submitted a petition to Audi of America, requesting the recall of all 1978 through 1986 Audi 5000 models for the dangerous malfunction. Later that year, on November 23, 1986, the popular CBS television program 60 Minutes aired a report titled “Out of Control” highlighting the case of Kristi…

During the Ford Pinto scandal that occurred in the 1970’s, Ford executives failed to take action to correct a potentially fatal flaw in the Pinto’s design that causing a fire hazard due to disconnecting the fuel line from the fuel tank during rear-end collisions. In an attempt to compete with the foreign subcompact market, Ford rushed the Pinto leading to “one of the shortest production planning periods in modern automotive history: just 25 months, when the normal time span was 43 months”…

Approach In the 1978, three teenagers died after the Ford Pinto they were in was involved in a low spread rear-ended collision. This was not the first time that a death was the outcome of Ford Pinto being involved in a low speed rear end collision. The Ford Pinto was designed and released in a quick time period in 1971 (Trevino & Nelson, 2014, p. 64). Although it was discovered during the testing of the Pinto that the gas tank had a flaw, Ford decided to move forward with the release of the…

Pinto Fires and Personal Ethics Ford is a well-known auto maker and neglected safety for styling due to the corporations belief that “safety doesn’t sell”. Due to the lucrative and competitive challenges from Volkswagen, European cars, and Japanese manufacturers, Ford rushed the Pintos, a small compact car, styling and price. As stated by the author, “The Pinto was brought from inception to production in the record time of approximately 25 months (compared to the industry average of 43 months)…

The event that led to the Ford Pinto Case was due to a hazardous gas tank, the Ford Company had to make a decision between recalling the cars, which would costs the company an astronomical amount of money to repair, or do nothing and keep them as they were and face the lawsuits that would occur because of their decision to not make any necessary repairs. When the cost reports came out and showed that it would be in the company’s best interest to not recall the cars and instead pay out the…

In Pinto Madness, Mark Dowie, an award- winning journalist/author, argues that in the 1970’s corporate greed influenced the way automobile manufacturing mishandled safety regulations in order to increase profit instead of protecting human lives (148). He supports his claim by first explaining the significance of the Ford Pinto to the situation. The Ford Pinto was entirely “designed in about two years”, the car was “rushed into production” with the schedule for production “set at just under 25”…