My Stakeholders In The Ford Pinto Case

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As the ford ECO one of my main responsibility is make money for my stockholder while following the legal and ethical custom of the industry. My stakeholder in the ford pinto are investor who want to see return on their investment which means the company have to produce a greater profit every year. In the situation of the ford pinto case as the ECO I would have done the same thing that ford at the time which is keep the flaw in the design. The stats in the Fatalities report, showed the flew in the design could cause death but it will be a very low percent of death. allowing the engineers to redesign will delay the roll out of the product which and the redesign cost will be expensive. Although it seems sample to redesign. For example, we could

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