1) Since the injured plaintiff was not wearing a seatbelt, why is Ford being sued for failing to test the seatbelt sleeve? In the case of Branham v. Ford Motor Co., the Plaintiff brought the case against Hale, the driver, and Ford because the company failed to test the seat-belt sleeve, even though he did not "seriously pursue the claim against Hale" (Reed, Pagnattaro, Cahoy, Shedd & Morehead, 2012). The case against Ford was based on "two product liability claims: one for not testing the seat
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Henry Ford grew up on a small farm near Dearborn, Michigan. As Henry grew up, he spent most of his free time tinkering, and finding out exactly how things work. A pastime that developed thinking and logic abilities. But being a farmer's boy, he had little spare time, for there were always chores to be done. By twelve years of age, Henry was doing a man's work on the farm and had begun repairing machinery for neighbouring farmers. His father pleased when Henry would repair a harness, reset a tool
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The Ford Pinto Case In the late 1960’s Ford Motor Company wanted to produce a small model car to compete with small Japanese and German imports like Volkswagen, Datsun and Toyota (Danley). In 1969 Ford’s Board approved the plan to produce the Pinto. The CEO, Lee Iacocca, wanted a car that was low weight, under 2,000 pounds, and low cost, under $2,000. Lee “Iaccoca imposed the 2000/2000 rule, i.e., the Pinto could weigh no more than 2000 pounds and cost no more than $2000” (Danley). The engineers
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Title: Applying Strategic Management to Mazda and Unilever ------------------------------------------------- 1. Background of Mazda Motor and its Competitive Environment 1) Company Background Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automaker founded in 1920 based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. From the minus operating income in 2000, over Lehman crash, now Mazda recorded the highest sales and operation income. (Figure1
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Report In August 2000, Ford Motor Company and Firestone Tire Company recalled 6.5 Million ATX and AT tires that had been installed on Ford’s Explorer model SUV. At the time, it appeared as though Ford and Firestone were doing the right thing. They had found out that the tread separated on Ford Explorers in states with intense heat, such as Florida and Texas. However, it later came to light that both Ford and Firestone had known about these problems earlier than 2000 and that Ford had even had a similar
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Research on Nissan Motors Philippines, Inc. Gallego, Reyjen Ibasco, Robert Marcelo, Mary Christine Tolentino, Keziah Ty, Rey Jumar BSBA 4C Nissan Motors Philippines, Inc. Nissan Motors Philippines, Inc. (NMPI) is an affiliate of Nissan Motor Limited of Japan. It was established in April 1982. Shortly after its incorporation, it acquired the Volkswagen facility. As of the moment, it assembles passenger vehicles and serves its customers with around 200 employees. Moreover, there are
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Ford Pinto Case Ford Pinto Case If we were involved in the Ford Pinto dilemma we would have used Deontological Ethical reasoning to decide whether or not to disclose the danger that the Pinto posed and/or use that reasoning to determine whether or not to install the part(s) that would make the Ford Pinto safer. Our decision would be to do what is morally right and avoid doing what is morally wrong, regardless of the consequences. True enough Ford was not obligated by government regulation
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Background Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford and 11 investors in 1903. The company is based out of Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Motors is a worldwide company, with 335,000 employees, operating in 25 countries and on six continents. Ford changed the way cars were made with their innovative assembly production methods. Having gone public in 1956, the company grew to become the world’s largest truck manufacturer and the second largest total automotive manufacturer. In addition to manufacturing
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private company may take part in such transaction for profit or even government undertake them for profit and political reasons. It refers to all activities which involve a cross border transaction of goods, services and resources between two or more nations. There’s also transaction of economic resources and it includes capital, skills, people, etc. for international production of physical goods and even services such as finance, banking, insurance, construction, etc. Examples of companies that
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1970’s the Ford Motor Company produced a Ford Pinto that they deemed reasonable to sale to their consumers in order to make a maximum profit. However, the car they hurriedly produced lacked some safety features that ended up costing numerous people their lives. Ford knew about these problems but continued with the production anyways; therefore, Ford is responsible for the death of the people who were killed in the accidents in the Ford Pinto because of their faulty parts. In this case, Ford should have
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