Classification of Ford’s legal and moral responsibility
1. How would you classify Ford’s legal and moral responsibility and why? (Intentional,
Reckless or Negligent or a combination of the three)
2. How did Ford as a Corporation act as a Moral Agent with their decision to produce the
Pinto?
3. Do you think it was appropriate for Ford to use the data presented in the case study to
make their decision? If not, what other test/approach could Ford have used instead of the
Utilitarian Cost/Benefit Test?
4. What responsibility do you as an engineer have in a decision like this?
Sample Solution
health (Ayu et al., 2018). It can be of all types including industrial, biological or household waste. Waste management is the process between the creation and the disposal of waste. More precisely, it includes the collection, disposal or recycling and monitoring of waste. It aims at reducing the negative effects and impacts on human health and the environment. Waste reduction activities through reduce, reuse and recycle already start at the individual housing levels (Ayu et al., 2018). However, there is no uniform policy how to properly manage waste which implies that there are still diverging levels of waste management worldwide.