Grimshaw and Gray’s heirs sued Ford motor company based on theories of negligence and strict liability, alleging that the defendants knew from pre-manufacturing crash tests regarding the design flaws with the fuel system (Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 1981). Legal Analysis In order to remain competitive in the subcompact market, Ford began designing an automobile which ultimately became the Pinto. The Pinto project was a rush project and there were several design flaws (Ford Pinto, 2012, para. 1). The Ford Pinto had a questionable design from the beginning.
the Ford- Firestone Case — Document Transcript 1. COMM351 Essay Danial Munsoor 3259882 Executive SummaryFord-Firestone case is a unique and an appropriate example of violation ofbusiness ethics by two renowned corporations, Ford Motor Company andFirestone Tire Company, each of which was the manufacturer of a “different”product. This essay talks about as to how the leading car manufacturer Ford, canbe held morally accountable for the various accidents and deaths which occurredin US due to vehicle rollovers of its popular SUV known as the “Ford Explorer”.However, Ford executives some how managed to put most of the blame onFirestone by saying that the accidents and deaths occurred mainly due to tireblowouts, and therefore “it is a Firestone tire problem and not a vehicle problem”.On the other hand Firestone claimed that many of the accidents were mainly dueto the vehicle’s lack of stability and were not due to its tires. Indeed much of theessay is about opposing statements made by the executives of Ford andFirestone. Therefore, in order to have a better understanding of the case, it isimportant to understand the difference between when an item is a “product in itsown right” and when it is a “component of another product”.
The documentary “From One Second To The Next” by Werner Herzog shows the tragedy of a few people who was involved in a car accident. Texting and driving is obviously not a good idea so why do people still choose to do it? This documentary both shows and tells about how fast texting and driving can change someone’s life. The fact that you can kill someone should make people not want to drive and text. “According to U.S. Department of Transportation statistics, 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 more injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011” (Herzog, 2011).
The video that I chose to watch was the funny used car commercial. In the commercial the finance manager starts out nice but the minute the customer says they have bad credit the finance manager proceeds to call the customers garbage and worthless. This would be a dysphemism because the finance manager is yelling and throwing things just because his customers have bad credit and there is no fact in the claim that people who have bad credit are garbage and they are worthless. In the commercial it can be categorized in emphasis because the finance manager is really emphasized on the negative aspects of the customer’s credit. When I watched the video the rhetorical devices left me speechless as how anyone would speak to another human being
The Associations claimed that their patent applied to all gasoline powered engines. This pitted the puny Ford Motor Company against an industry worth millions of dollars. Ford hated industrial combinations and eastern powers, also Ford thought Seldons patent was preposterous. Ford said "all inventions were a matter of evolution" (Henry Ford). The court proceeding lasted six years, Ford lost the case in 1909.
Management must then weigh the criteria that will factor into the decision making process. By taking the time to decide what is the objective, and what are the most important factors needed to reach that objective, it will make the decision that much easier. Listing the criteria and using the absolute comparison and relative comparison methods (Williams, p86), will show the order of importance, and give weight as to how that goal can be achieved. In light of the possibility that market conditions can and do change, discuss at least three examples of how the company should build-in flexibility to back-up its decision-making process. During the planning process Ford should take into consideration that marketing conditions do change, and can change drastically in a very short period of time.
The plan includes appointing a diversity manager responsible for diversity issues, a joint national equality opportunities and diversity committee at the national level. The racism incident affected the production of the top selling vehicle the Ford Fiesta because there was two unofficial stoppages and a mass walkout (BBC News). This was caused because the workers did not feel welcomed and valued because they couldn't get along and work together. The above situation with the Ford Companies in the United Kingdom learned the
In May 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle suggested that a breakdown of the nuclear family was among the causes of recent riots in Los Angeles in which over fifty people had died. “I believe the lawless social anarchy which we saw is directly related to the breakdown of family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society,” Quayle remarked. He went on to criticize society’s increasingly permissive attitude toward out-of-wedlock childbearing, pointing specifically to the treatment of the issue in the television sitcom Murphy Brown. “It doesn’t help matters when prime time TV has Murphy Brown—a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid, professional woman—mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another ‘lifestyle choice.’” Quayle’s speech, especially his reference to Murphy Brown, provoked an outpouring of commentary. Numerous Americans agreed with Quayle, expressing concern that the “traditional family” and “family values” were being undermined by a public morality that too readily condoned unwed motherhood and divorce.
“More than 1,000 studies have established links between television violence and behavior that emerges later in life” (U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 11, 1995, p.66). “When entertainment industry leaders deny that violent entertainment spawns violent behavior, it is like tobacco company executives denying that smoking causes cancer--- they are simply ignoring the facts! Today we are witnessing the horribly tragic results of such misguided thinking. Increasingly, younger children are killing their peers and others who get in their way”. (www.tomorrowsworld.org> Magazines 2003- January- February) This brings me to the visual media television series I chose to evaluate with a critical eye.
In 1982, corporate giant Johnson and Johnson Company experienced a company’s worst nightmare when it discovered its extra strength Tylenol product was linked to the death of six people. The pills had been laced with cyanide and thus began the company’s battle to resolve a costly and tragic series of events. Four years later in 1986, the company relived its nightmare and once again sprung into action to ease fears, divert panic and resolve a monumental crisis. This paper will examine how the company managed what has been called, “Arguably, the two most important cases in the history of the practice of public relations.” (Seitel, 2007, p. 1). Identify and Differentiate Publics In the Tylenol Murders event, Johnson and Johnson had a number of publics to satisfy: the external and internal publics.