Legal Analysis Statement of Facts: The Grays purchased a new 1972 Ford Pinto hatchback in the fall of 1971. The car was only a month old when the Grays purchased it and from the get-go the Grays had problems. During the first few months, they had to return the car to the dealership for repairs. The problems consisted of; excessive gas and oil consumption, down shifting of the automatic transmission, lack of power, and occasional stalling. The causes of the excessive fuel consumption and stalling would later be learned were caused by a heavy carburetor float.
The Buffalo Creek Flood killed many people in the February of 1972. After the flood, Pittston not only didn’t admit the responsibility, but also claimed it as a natural disaster, called it “an act of god,” and later on claimed and blamed that the Buffalo Mining Company was a separate division altogether and that Pittston couldn’t be responsible for its actions. Furthermore, since Pittston rushed to settle the survivors with only 4000 dollars for the survivors from the flood, the survivors are angry with that. So it triggered the survivors to look for a law firm that is Arnold & Porter, and to represent them and seek for justice. After the flood, many people lose everything, and they had no choice but to accept these offers because they couldn’t wait until the lawsuit to follow through, not even guarantee that they will be compensated or win lawsuits.
"Twenty-six mechanics laid off and over 30 folks retired and weren't replaced. So, 'bout a month and a half ago, the mayor made the decision to send down the order to cut overtime," Wilson said. (Detroit). For the past six months the city and the union representing bus mechanics have been sparring, resulting in what the city calls a slowdown. ”So there should be 300 or so buses on the road but there have been only 200 buses,” Klinefelter says.
The Department of Veterans Affairsfailed to handle the situation by not bringing in some of the world’s best information system personnel or qualified security personnel. The Department of Veterans Affairssecurity plan did not comply with the agency's own rules for securing data, and it improperly allowed the IT Specialist and contractor access to databases beyond the requirements of his job and the scope of his background check. It also concluded that the VA had failed to adequately supervise the IT Specialist and the contractor, whose actions had violated the Privacy Act as well as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
After two straight years of financial losses in 1994, CEO Ron Allen rolled out a new strategy called “Leadership 7.5.” Allen targeted to reduce Delta’s cost per each available seat mile from more than 10 cents to 7.5 cents, which would match that of major competitor Southwest Airlines (Bryant, 1997). Along with a new company strategy a change followed with Delta’s human resource strategy. This changing policy devastated employee morale and resulted in a decline of customer service, efforts to unionize, and dissatisfaction among personnel. Delta couldn’t keep the past primary policy about human resources so there were several significant changes in Delta’s organization and corporate culture. There are many programs that Delta has built after passing through the cost-cutting reformation in 1997 for getting back its capabilities on customer relationships like rewards and recognition program above and beyond and more.
On March 13, 1980, a jury found Ford innocent of the charges. Production of the Pinto was discontinued in the fall of 1980. This case makes me think about the many difficulties people face in trying to be ethical decision makers in organizations. * The Ford Pinto met federal safety standards, yet it had a design flaw that resulted serious injuries and deaths. However, it’s not simply meeting safety standards a sufficient product design goal of ethical companies.
Ice bucket challenge ALS (or also known as Lou Grieg's Disease) has affected hundreds of thousands of people in the last several decades. Although it is rare, it's quite deadly. Affecting 2 out of 100000 People across the U.S. the survival rate in 5 years is old about 20 percent and living more than 10 years goes down to 10 percent. It started (technically in march of 2013) when former college baseball player Pete Frates spoke to the FDA at a meeting that ALS needs more attentions and plan to action. In order to help raise awareness one of Pete's friends sent him a video on social media dumping a bucket of water on himself to resemble what it's like to have ALS for a second and help raise awareness for ALS research and funding.
The Case of General Motors Just one month after Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, General Motors (GM) followed, earning the “distinction” as the fourth largest bankruptcy case in U.S. history. Even $19.4 billion in federal help was not enough to keep the trouble automaker out of bankruptcy court, and the government has further pledged another $30 billion to help the company during its reorganization. A “new GM” is expected to emerge out of bankruptcy that will revolve around a mere four brands, Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick, as well as a few of its overseas operations. In its wake, GM’s bankruptcy will have a major impact on a cross section of Americans. The move will result in the closure of numerous plants and dealerships, which means thousands
There can be a lot of factors as to why companies file for bankruptcy and closure. In the case of Enron, the first set of problems in the company manifested when traders reluctantly gambled with company assets in the oil market. They lost $90 million in a period of five days. Since then company reserves disappeared and auditors saved the company by reporting fake net worth and imprecise trading revenues resulting to accounting scandals in the company. Due to the company’s compound business model and unethical practices, they required that the balance sheet is to be modified accordingly to illustrate satisfactory
The answer to the problem of evil bug two days after the incident, San Diego, Toyota issued a statement, admitting the incident, expressing concern and show their sorrow for the loss of lives. Toyota has promised a full investigation, and working with the regulator (National Traffic Safety Administration on the roads - NHTSA), but he declined to comment on possible causes, to avoid speculation and allow any investigation take its course . Days after the incident, which took place in San Diego, the company issued a warning to customers to their customers about it all the time mats. Press the uploads company said the car are the safest on the road, and inaccurate and misleading NHTSA said that Toyota put in an embarrassing situation. In November 2009, Toyota has been admitted to a problem with the accelerator pedal defect on some vehicles and promised this was one of the root causes and issued a call defected vehicles.