Hundreds dead! 100s of Millions of dollars in settlements.
It would have cost Ford less than $10 to make the Pinto safe.
Think you don't need to test your product before selling it?
Business History and Ethics: The Fatal Ford Pinto and Why It's Crucial to Test Your Product Before Selling It!
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Comments
4781 days ago
This is just one, of many, prime examples why the present business model is broken. It's the reason for why people continually suffer, not only from buying cars, but a vast majority of other things as well. It's the reason why things like Enron, BP, or *insert your favorite big bubble burst here* happen.
It's a methodology of greed, putting profit before people, and I don't see it changing until society and business grow to the understanding that profit should be the side byproduct and BENEFIT of serving people. Somehow, over evolution, business minds seem to have lost that simple principle, and ethics seem widely lost.
4801 days ago
Susan
4800 days ago
Expertly stated. The consequences were deadly and aside from lawsuits and judgements, nobody was ever held accountable!
Yoni
4801 days ago
4800 days ago
Definitely a cost-benefit analysis gone awry. I actually read the Ford Pinto Memo in depth last night and wanted to vomit!
How a company and individuals can have such callous disregard for human life is beyond me!
Yoni
4801 days ago
Alan
4800 days ago
Homicide is great summation!
Yoni
4801 days ago
Peace/Shalom/Salaam
Hamed Ji'Bril
4801 days ago
China definitely has a rather harsh system when it comes to corporate misdeeds.
Living with yourself is another question. How does one go on knowing he or she has blood on their hands from cutting corners?
Yoni
4801 days ago
Shoshana
4801 days ago
Yoni
4801 days ago
4801 days ago
The big loser was Iacocca who was president of Ford during the Pinto fiasco and who had presidential ambitions. The episode always reared its head.
4801 days ago
Tragic for the victims and stupidity and criminal of Ford!
Shep
4801 days ago
Tragedies seem much more tragic when they were preventable!
Yoni
4801 days ago
Great history lesson made even greater since it was before my time. It is a stark example of the lengths that a business needs to go to in order to make sure they are delivering the best and safest product to the customer.
Braden
4801 days ago
It seems endemic in the culture of certain large companies to try and cut corners and increase profits. Then changes are made after a fuck-up happens. Poor ethics and morals!
Yoni
4802 days ago
Duncan
4801 days ago
As Braden points out it's not just Ford. I think it is endemic that whenever and wherever certain large companies think they can cut corners to try and save a buck, sadly they try.
Yoni
4801 days ago
Braden