Ford pinto case
Date Submitted: 04/12/2001 23:35:33
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 1 pages (203 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 1 pages (203 words)
When I started reading this I was in utter amazement that anyone would be allowed to do this. What the Ford Company did to all those 900 people is a crime. This is such a good example of cooperate greed.
When Ford put this car out they knew it was dangerous. They did 40 crash tests and found the problem. So they manufactured it knowing about the problem. But they found it more cost effective to deal …
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…with the VW bug. Ford's two main concerns when building this car was style and cost. They wanted the car to weight 2000lbs and cost $2000.
This case goes along with Bonger's theoretical model. Ford was so concerned about making money that they put it over the safety and lives of their customers. The sad part about this was it took 8 years and 900 lives to fix the problem when Ford knew about it from the beginning.
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