The Ford Pinto Case - A Study in Applied Ethics, Business, and Technology

This book brings together the basic documents needed for reaching an informed judgment on the central ethical question in the Pinto case: did Ford Motor Company act ethically in designing the Pinto fuel system and in deciding not to upgrade the integrity of that system until 1978? The five parts of this book cover the case, cost-benefit analysis, whistle blowing, product liability, and government regulations.

About the author

Douglas Birsch , Associate Professor of Philosophy is an instructor at Villanova University. He is co-author of The DC-10 Case: A Study in Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society, also published by SUNY Press. John H. Fielder , Professor of Philosophy, is an instructor at Villanova University. He is co-author of The DC-10 Case: A Study in Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Assisted by: Douglas Birsch (Editor), Birsch Douglas (Editor), John Fielder (Editor), Fielder John (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.1994
• EAN: 9780791422342
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-2234-2
• No. of pages: 338
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: Suny Series, Case Studies in A; SUNY series, Case Studies in Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Automobile Industry, United States of America, USA, Transport industries, Road vehicle manufacturing industry, Road Transport Industries, Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries