BUS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Crash Test, Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Ethics
15 Mar 2020
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Be familiar with the ethical and corporate responsibility issues faced by international businesses. Discuss the causes of unethical behaviour by managers. Be familiar with the different philosophical approaches to ethics. Know what managers can do to incorporate ethical considerations into their decision making. Ford needed to remain competitive to the beetle during the time it was created, and so they created the ford pinto. In the 1960"s/70"s ford were struggling financially and wanted the pinto to be a success. Pinto weighed 2000 lbs and cost . Planning took 25 months compared to the industry norm 43 months ford wanted the car as soon as possible and so it was extremely fast. 40km/h+ the gas tank would rupture in an accident. 50km/h+ rear endings would cause the gas tank to leak and the rear of the car to be folded up into the back seats. 65km/h+ the car doors would jam ford pinto crash test.
