BU288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Corporate Social Responsibility, Machiavellianism, Organizational Culture
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Charter of rights and freedoms (free speech, due process, etc. : justice, behaviour is ethical if it is fair and impartial in its treatment of people. Impose and enforce rules fairly: ford pinto case, pinto was a car manufactured by ford motor corporation from 1971-1980. During design and production crash tests revealed a serious defect in the gas tank. 25 miles per hour, the gas tank always ruptured: while analyzing the issue of the defective gas tank design, Ford then calculated that it would have to pay ,000 per death, ,000 per injury, and per vehicle, for a total of. However, according to their calculations, the cost of saving lives and injuries by fixing the problem was more expensive. Alterations would cost per car, which added up to. million per year: the public eventually learned that the pinto had a tendency to explode in rear-end collisions, and victims and their families sued the company.
