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Ethical Dilemma in Business-The Case of Ford’s Pinto Cars

Ethical Dilemma in Business-The Case of Ford’s Pinto Cars

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BUSN 311 WEEK 5 WORKSHEET ASSIGNMENT
Question  

 

(5 points)

 Answer

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Provide complete APA7 reference citationss from Course Lessons or course eReserve & other course readings..

 (5 points)

Provide complete APA7 reference citation from Trefry Library that is a peer-reviewed or scholarly source

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Points Value

(100)

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(1) Identify thethe  company you have chosen from the Week 7 Assignment for your Course Project: Ford Motor Company Leave this box blank 10
(2) Ethical dilemma: – Choice made:

The company you chose had two choices in an ethical dilemma: the one it chose and another option it decided not to follow. In the ANSWER box for this line, identify the option (course of action) the company decided to do. Answer in one phrase or sentence.

 Ford Company decided to go ahead and release Pinto models despite the safety risks and compensate accident victims. The Spokesman-Review. “The Pinto Memo: “It’s Cheaper to Let Them Burn!” | the Spokesman-Review.” Www.spokesman.com, 17 Oct. 2008, www.spokesman.com/blogs/autos/2008/oct/17/pinto-memo-its-cheaper-let-them-burn/.

 

 O’Sullivan, P., & Smith, M. (2012). Business Ethics A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World. Routledge.

 

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(3) Ethical dilemma: – Choice not made

2 Identify the company’s other option (course of action) in the dilemma that the company could have done but chose not to. Answer in one phrase or sentence.

 Ford Company may have delayed the production of pinto models and redesigned their gas tanks, but they they gave up subcompact models’ dominance to foreign companies. TheSpokesman-Revieww. “The Pinto Memo: “It’s Cheaper to Let Them Burn!” | the Spokesman-Review.” Www.spokesman.com, 17 Oct. 2008, www.spokesman.com/blogs/autos/2008/oct/17/pinto-memo-its-cheaper-let-them-burn/.

 

 O’Sullivan, P., & Smith, M. (2012). Business Ethics A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World. Routledge.

 

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(4) Ethical Framework One:

Which ethical framework is illustrated by the company’s decision in the moral dilemma?

You must select one of the following frameworks:

*Free Market Ethics.  *Utilitarianism.  *Egoism

 

 The Pinto case dilemma represents a utilitarian ethical approach. Under this honest approach, companies conduct a cost-benefit analysis and pursue actions that bring an overall good to most people. Ford understood the weaknesses of their new cars but still went ahead with its production (Marseille and Kahn). Marseille, E., & Kahn, J. G. (2019). Utilitarianism and the ethical foundations of cost-effectiveness analysis in resource allocation for global health. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-019-0074-7 O’Sullivan, P., & Smith, M. (2012). Business Ethics A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World. Routledge.

 

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(5) Ethical Framework Two:

Identify an ethical framework that, if followed, could have led the company to make a different decision.

You must select one of the following frameworks:

*Virtue ethics, *Blanchard-Peale, *Deontology,

*Ethic of care

 

 Ford Company would have produced positive outcomes if it had applied the ethics of care. The ethical framework avers that the needs that are most important to humans are the ones to be protected. Pettersen, T. (2011). The Ethics of Care: Normative Structures and Empirical Implications. Health Care Analysis, 19(1), 51–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-010-0163-7

 

 Pettersen, T. (2011). The Ethics of Care: Normative Structures and Empirical Implications. Health Care Analysis, 19(1), 51–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-010-0163-7

 

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(6) Legal Issue

Identify a legal issue from our studies related to the company’s decision.

 Ford Company violated the criminal law since they knew that the car faults would cause deaths and injuries. Lee, M. T. (1998). TFord Pintonto case and the development of auto safety regulations, 1893—1978. Business and Economic History, 390-401.

 

 O’Sullivan, P., & Smith, M. (2012). Business Ethics A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World. Routledge.

 

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(7) What did you learn? (Recommendation)

Based on your analysis of this case study, recommend one business practice for any business for intelligent and ethical operations   — (not specific to your chosen company)

 The case raises serious ethical issues in business. There is a need for companies to prioritize human rights as opposed to profits alone. Rossow, M. (2015). Ethics: An Alternative Account of the Ford Pinto Case. Rossow, M. (2015). Ethics: An Alternative Account of the Ford Pinto Case. 15

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Ethical Dilemma in Business-The Case of Ford's Pinto Cars

Ethical Dilemma in Business-The Case of Ford’s Pinto Cars

Instructions:

  1. This Week 5 Worksheet is designed to assist your preparation for the Week 7 Assignment, Course Project.
  2. Before attempting to complete this Worksheet, read the Week 7 Assignment thoroughly.
  3. Read the Grading Rubric for the Week 7 Assignment Course Project.
  4. Choose the company for your Week 7 Assignment Course Project.
  5. On the Worksheet Chart, you have a list of questions. Your brief answer to the question goes in the first column. The second and third columns are your reference sources. These are research sources for your Course Project relating to your answer for each item.

The Course Project integrates analysis of the business decision-making process when confronted with an ethical dilemma and an understanding of how ethical frameworks inherently operate in those decisions, along with the legal issues arising from the decision.