Engineers at Ford Company Ethics Case Discussion

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this is an assignment about case for ford company . provide a well-developed ethically sound question to why or why not the ford engineers met their ethical responsibility based upon the abstract provided in file.

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Ethics case for economy class
Thesis: The Ford engineers involved in designing and testing the Pinto, were aware of the
problems associated with the placement of the gas tank behind the rear axle.
The Ford engineers involved in designing and testing the Pinto, were aware of the
problems associated with the placement of the gas tank behind the rear axle, failed to meet
their ethical responsibilities by not taking steps to bring these problems to the attention of the
public. They failed meet their ethical responsibility because human life cannot be off by
money. The organization should not only consider making benefits during the activities and
disrespect the human life. The gas tank placed behind the rear axel was punctured during the
process of testing by projecting bolt. Instead of replacing the gas tank, Ford decided to
continue with its production processes with the punctured gas tank so as to reduce the
production cost.
In order to conduct an effective cost-benefit analysis, the organization should have
expressed all the costs of the projects and the benefits of the organization in a common
measure. The common measure shoul...

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