The Ford Pinto Case

Douglas Birsch; John Fielder
State University of New York Press
 9780791422342
0-7914-2234-8

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.

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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.