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Ford Pinto and Corporate Crime, 2004.
A discussion of corporate crime through a close examination of the Ford Pinto case, one of the landmark cases in corporate criminology.
2,829 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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This paper analyzes the Ford Pinto case, one of the landmark cases in corporate criminology. The first part of the paper examines the facts of the Ford Pinto case from the supposed decision to ?rush? the production of the unsafe car to the effects of the 1980 criminal trial of the Ford Motor Company for reckless homicide. It then uses the framework of research on white-collar crime and studies on organizational culture and structure to examine the lack of safety and recall regulations that may have contributed to as much as 500 deaths. It concludes that, in addition to the drive for profit, the institutional norms embedded in the organizational structure of the Ford Company, as well as within the NHTSA at the time, contributed significantly to the lack of both internal and external regulations. The lack of these regulations, in turn, resulted in unsafe cars that caused many of their occupants to lose their lives.
Outline
Review of Literature
Background of Ford Case
Ford?s Organizational Structure
Administrative Evil and the Lack of Regulation
Corporate Crime and Administrative Evil
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"Much of the literature on the Ford Pinto case focuses on how consumer safety was willingly sacrificed in the face of ?corporate greed.? Dowie (1977) wrote the first and definitive account in his Pulitzer Prize winning ?Pinto Madness.? In this expose, Dowie unearthed documents proving that the engineers and managers Ford Company knew of the Pinto?s safety problems for at least seven years, but refused to make the necessary safety changes. This decision, Dowie charged, was based on the concept of profit maximization."
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The Ford Pinto, 2006.
This paper evaluates the ethical behavior of the Ford Motor Company as the manufacture of the Ford Pinto automobile.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 56.95
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This paper reports that the Ford Motor company quickly developed and manufactured the Ford Pinto automobile and knew that the gas tank on the Pinto was defective and could potentially cause fires when accidents occurred. The author points out that the company acted in a manner that was unethical when it allowed the continued manufacturing of the Pinto and did not recall Pinto cars already on the road even after there were several deaths, which occurred as a result of these problems. The paper stresses that the company acted unethically in its decision to use a cost/benefit analysis involving human life.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Ford Pinto
Conclusion
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"In addition to the aforementioned case, Ford was also the subject of a criminal case after the death of three teenagers. In this case, the company was prosecuted for reckless homicide and criminal recklessness. The author explains that in this case the company was being held liable for its refusal to recall the vehicles even thought they were aware that the placement of the fuel tank could result in serious accidents and had already resulted in several fatalities. In the opinion of the prosecutor the company was responsible for criminal recklessness and reckless homicide.'
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The Ford Pinto, 2006.
An analysis of the Pinto Case in which the Ford Pinto automobile was deemed dangerous because the location of the gas tank made the likelihood of an explosion very high in cases of even minor impact.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This paper analyzes the ethical issues involved in the Pinto Case, a case that raises a number of ethical issues from different points of view, testing the way business operates and how business actions are and should be judged. Ethics in the automotive industry have been debated at least since the mid-1960s when Ralph Nader published his book on the dangers of the Corvair automobile, charging that General Motors was knowingly developing and selling a poorly designed vehicle. In the pinto case, the issue raised addressed product liability, and the Ford Pinto was deemed dangerous because of a gas tank that could explode in even the most minor impact.
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Ford Pinto, 2004.
Explores the ethics of the decision by Ford Motor Company regarding its Ford Pinto in the 1970s.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper explores the ethics of the decision by Ford Motor Company not to redesign and not to recall the Ford Pinto in the 1970s to correct a design flaw in the gas tank that caused these vehicles to explode at relatively low speed rear impact collisions.
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"An article in Automotive News notes that in April the Center for Auto Safety petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall Ford Pintos due to defects in the design of the strap on gas tank which made it susceptible to leakage and fire in low speed collisions. The petition was based upon reports from attorneys of three deaths and four serious injuries in such accidents. This petition languished in the NHTSA offices ..."
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Ford and Post-Ford, 2002.
The Federal state's approach to the welfare state in the Fordist and post-Fordist periods in Canada.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses the federal state's approach to the welfare state during the Fordist and post-Fordist periods. It shows how the state intervened and regulated the economy from the end of the Second World War to the 1980s, when deficit mania led to a dismantling of the overseeing state. This led to cutbacks in all social programs.
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The Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer, 1994.
This paper compares two similar but competitive Ford products, the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer, in context of an industry overview: Competition, pricing, financing, global issues and marketing.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 47.95
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"The small car market in the United States has increased in importance since the gas crisis of the mid-1970s. American auto makers, who produced large automobiles which registered poor gas mileage, were surprised by imports such as Volkswagen, Nissan, Toyota and Mazda, all of whom stressed economy over luxury. Since that time, some of the luxuries formerly associated with large automobiles have been built into the smaller cars as American manufacturers have sought to build cars which can successfully compete in this lucrative and highly competitive niche. This research examines one auto maker, Ford, and two of its products which would seem to compete against each other: the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer.
The Escort was the best selling Ford car for eight consecutive years during the 1980s.. Its sister car, the Mercury Trace ... "
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The Ford Motor Company, 2001.
This essay looks at the history of the Ford Company under the leadership of founder Henry Ford.
1,085 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper explores the leadership capabilities of Henry Ford, creator of the Ford Motor Company. The author gives a corporate and organizational history of the company and discusses the company?s culture as a result of Ford?s influence and includes comments of leadership theories.
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"As the twentieth century drew to an end, Time magazine named the Model T the ?automobile that defined the twentieth century from start to finish?. Henry Ford?s Model T mass production methods, and wage price theories revolutionized American industry. He was extraordinarily influential and respected because he made a product that met a public need. Ford had an immeasurable impact on American life. ?When he got his Model T rolling in 1908, the horse disappeared so fast that the conversion of acreage from hay to other crops is said to have caused an agricultural revolution?. By the 1920?s, it was rarely possible to find a farm where a horse did most of the hauling and plowing. Ford was the most influential force in putting North America on wheels."
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Ford Werke Ag, 1995.
This paper discusses Ford Werke AG and its relationship to the Ford Motor Company as a component of Ford of Europe: Problems and opportunities for future, strategy, profits and competition.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, $ 47.95
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"This research provides a brief overview of Ford Werke AG. The firm's position within the Ford Motor Company, as well as the strategic objectives the Ford Motor Company pursues with respect to Ford Werke AG are addressed.
General Motors and Ford Motor are the world's two largest automobile manufacturers in the 1990s. The largest automobile market in the world is not North American, as most Americans assume. Rather, Western Europe is the world's largest automobile market. Both General Motors and Ford are major players in European automobile manufacturing. Ford Motor Company has followed a deliberate strategy of locating major production facilities within the markets being served and targeted.
Ford conducts its ... "
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Mill, Utilitarianism and the Pinto Case, 2005.
An application of the theories of J.S. Mill on utility to the Pinto case.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses the application of theories of J.S. Mill on utility in the context of the Ford Motor Company Pinto case. It also discusses Ford's decision not to place a safety device in Pinto cars based on cost rather than consumer safety.
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"J S Mill in arguing in favor of that school of philosophy and ethics called Utilitarianism made the point that the maximization of personal human happiness is a desirable and even necessary end. Further .."l
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A Case Analysis of the Ford Motor Company, 2004.
Describes the leadership style of the new Ford Motor Company CEO, Bill Ford, Jr.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper discusses the difference in leadership style between present CEO, Bill Ford, Jr., and the previous CEO, Jacques Nasser. Ford, Jr. is described as a leader who emphasizes employee relationships and employee satisfaction, and Nasser is described as someone who emphasizes the technical aspects of the job. Ford, Jr. is presented in a positive light, while Nasser is presented in a more negative light.
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"Ford appears to be overcoming any resistance to these changes by serving as an educator and facilitator, as well as communicating to, and supporting the staff. He has always been well liked by the company?s blue-collar and white-collar employees. He wants to get ?back to the basics? as far as the business is concerned. He wants to reconcile the company. Planned change within an organization can lead to positive results on the organization as a whole, and it?s effectiveness accomplishing its goals within the business world. Ford is working at restoring company morale, which can be directly associated with product quality levels. This can be done through communication."
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A Critique of The Ford Motor Company, 2006.
An argumentative essay on the Ford Motor Company and utilitarianism, using excerpts from John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty".
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper describes Ford Motor Company as following a utilitarian doctrine. The writer proposes that the case study, of Ford Motor Company's manufacturing a Pinto vehicle without a safety device, clearly exemplifies some of chief moral objections to the doctrine of utilitarianism. The writer examines the moral implications of this doctrine through John Stuart Mill's work, "On Liberty". The writer concludes that Ford's negligence exposed consumers to a series of harms that were just as threatening to those consumers' liberties as the infringement of a sovereign or a majority's will upon the rights of an individual.
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"Mill even warns of a tyranny of the majority that must not be allowed to go unchecked. Thus, even if Ford as a company is to be equated with the majority that still does not excuse the company's heedless actions. "Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over the individual, both by the force of opinion and even by that of legislation: and as the tendency of all the changes taking place in the world is to strengthen society, and diminish the power of the individual, this encroachment is not one of the evils which tend spontaneously to disappear, but, on the contrary, to grow more and more formidable." "
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Ford Motor Company, 2002.
A research paper on the Ford Motor company.
1,048 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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A review of the Ford Motor company which since its beginning, has produced some 270 million cars, or enough to put every person in the U.S. behind the wheel of a Ford. The list of Ford?s accomplishments is satisfactory. It is the world's largest truck maker and lags behind General Motors as the largest manufacturer in the world. This paper looks at Ford's merger strategy and current business outlook.
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"This automotive juggernaut got its start in 1908 when Henry Ford built his Model T on a moving assembly line that revolutionized both car making and manufacturing. In fact, by 1920 some 60% of all vehicles on the road were Fords. In 1922, Ford bought Lincoln, and in 1938, the company introduced the Mercury. However, by this time the company had lost market share to GM and Chrysler."
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Ford and Honda, 2003.
An overview of strategic planning and global management at Ford and Honda.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper presents an overview of strategic planning and global management at Ford and Honda. It looks at Honda's long-term approach to its strategy of independence, conservative expansion and a dedication to maintaining its core competencies. The paper compares Honda's strategy with that of Ford's and Ford's far-reaching expansion into markets ranging from military tanks to consumer credit.
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John Ford, 1990.
Discusses John Ford from the perspective of auteur theory. Focuses on how Ford worked with a regular coterie of writers and analyzes the films "Stagecoach", "Searchers", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", Fort "Apache", "The Quiet Man" and others.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 79.95
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"The auteur theory developed by French film critics beginning in the 1950s is partly a convenient way of categorizing and analyzing films, collecting titles as the body of work of the director. More than this, though, the theory holds that it is the director more than anyone else who is responsible for the completed film, since he or she is the one who determines visual style and other matters in the course of production. The theory finds that the director expresses meaning through visual style and that analyzing the visual style of a given director reveals consistent thematic concerns, similarities in character development, and other repeated and recognizable signs of a single intelligence at work. At the same time, though, film remains a collaborative medium, and it would seem that directors would be influenced by their..."
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Ford and Honda Economy Class Cars, 2007.
This paper is a complete market research paper comparing the Ford and the Honda economy class cars.
2,775 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper explains that, while Ford has only one true economy class car the Ford Focus, because economy is a core competency of Honda, it could be argued that the majority of its vehicles could be categorized as economy class based on fuel efficiency alone. The author used structured research observation and a detailed customer survey to collect customer opinion on several factors including fuel efficiency, quality and comfort. The paper concludes that the research indicates that Honda Motors soundly defeats Ford in almost every statistical category and that it understands both the market and its customers far better than its counterpart Ford. The paper includes the questionnaire, data tables and tabulations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Problem Statement
Purpose of Research
Rationale
Parameters
Limitations
Theoretical Foundation
Vehicle and Company Overview
Honda Overview
Ford Overview
Selection Criteria
Data Gathering Method
Evaluation
Data Presentation
Conclusions
Recommendations
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"Honda Motor Company (Honda) is an innovative manufacturer known the world over for its engineering prowess and legendary reliability. Honda is Japan's third largest automotive manufacturer in Japan behind Toyota and Nissan and it is the globe's largest manufacturer of motorcycles. However, Honda is also a major manufacturer and producer of small engines and power plants, as well as small jet powered aircraft as of 2006. Honda's operations span the globe extending into every major region, including: North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Rim, as well as its home market of Japan."
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