9-201-079 REV: MARCH 28, 2002 ANDRÉ F. PEROLD On April 14, 2000, Ford Motor Co. announced a shareholder Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) to significantly recapitalize the firm’s ownership structure. Ford had accumulated $23 billion in cash reserves, close to the company’s largest ever cash position and significant relative to Ford’s $57 billion equity market capitalization. Under the VEP, Ford would return as much as $10 billion of this cash to shareholders. In exchange for each share currently
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Firestone Case Study Robert Workman Jessica Jurkowski Michael Wilding Webster University Firestone Case Study BACKGROUND In 1900 Harvey S. Firestone established The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the company started with 12 employees. They started out by supplying rubber tires for wagons and buggies. In the 1908 Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone formed a partnership with firestone supplying tires for the new model T this was a natural relationship because they had mutual friends. (Noggle
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Ford Pinto: A Study of Ethics In the 1960s Ford Motor Company, under pressure from stakeholders and the pressures involved in competing with the foreign vehicle market set out to manufacture a vehicle that was smaller, lighter and less expensive than the competition’s product. This vehicle was designed and moved into production within 2 years, much quicker than the 3 ½ year company norm and is still the shortest vehicle production planning schedule in history. The result: The Ford Pinto. While
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Ford Pinto: Setting the precedent for corporate crime Caleb Bede Accounting 573: Accounting Fraud, Criminology, & Ethics Joan Moore
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Ethical Dilemma in the Ford Pinto Case On August 10, 1978 three young girls died in a 1973 Ford Pinto after being stuck from the rear by a driver in a van. The Ford Pinto was completely engulfed in flames and the accident resulted in the death of the three young girls. Today, the debate continues regarding whether or not The Ford Motor Company was responsible for this case and many other cases involving the Pinto bursting into flames resulting in disfigurement or death. Ford has argued for over
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The Pinto Ford case was generated in the 1970’s thru 1980’s when the company was building small impact cars which has issues related to the fuel tanks discharging and causing the cars to explode. This was the largest evert reported. There were several lawsuits against Ford. It is to my belief, Ford knew that the gas tanks had problems and they ignored the warning signs, because they well in the requirements of government regulations (Leggett, 1999). It is my opinion, the Ford Company was thinking
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Breakdown time Reduction of Case Differential Machining Line By practicing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) A Dissertation Proposal for Management Programme By Manoj Kumar Rana Enrolment Number: 17070745420 Under the guidance of Sudhir Sharma Gurgaon-122001 SYNOPSIS 1. Introduction— 1.1 Self-- I am Manoj Kumar Rana is presently working with Corwn Berger ,Kenya. I was working in Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd, Gurgaon as a Assistant General Manager – Quality System. My role was
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Lindstrom 1 Nate Lindstrom Professor Fruchter Marketing Principles 10 February 2011 BMW Case Study Analysis According to a 2000 poll conducted by Gfk Roper, women buy 60 percent of new cars and 53% of used cars. A 2009 poll by NBC/Universal shows much of the same: ³eight of 10 women say they are involved, solely or jointly, in car purchase decisions. And a third say they make those decisions themselves´ (Motavalli, 2009). It logically follows that since women easily account for more
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The Ford Pinto Ethical Dilemma Written by Learning Team B; C. Riley, F. Foster, K. Jankoski, M. Riner, & R. Price Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility 16 Aug 2010 Paul A. Kramer The Ford Pinto Ethical Dilemma In this presentation, a very important case that transpired from 1971 to 1978 with the Ford Motor Company, under the leadership of Mr. Lee Iacocca, CEO will be explored. During that time the CEO of Ford wanted to manufacture a vehicle to keep up with the competition
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industry. In this paper, Porter’s Diamond Model of national competitiveness and some critiques that attempt to extend the usefulness of the model are analyzed. The Doubled Diamond and the role of MNEs in a host country are both examined through a case study research of the foreign-owned automobile industry in Mexico. The findings of this study show evidence of a broader role of MNEs than in the original framework, as well as the usefulness of the doubled diamond extension to explain alternative
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