Firestone Corporation
This work will attempt to address corporate social responsibility and the actions of Firestone, with regard to recent ethically questionable decisions. The work will touch on the most recent recall and eventual reparations awarded injured parties as a result of Firestone tire failure. The work will also identify the key ingredients that make such a failing possible in the long term through a look at the source of ethical (or unethical) decisions making. The core of the problem, according to many experts and by this writer is that profit is valued above safety and that the corporate climate as well as it support networks, such as law and education value secrecy rather than full disclosure when the potential for profit loss is projected. Scientists, CEOs and even line workers are implored to remain silent through overt and subtle coercion, even when they are aware of safety concerns and industry relies heavily on the time lag between the introduction of a potentially unsafe product and the time it takes to begin to restrict its use to safe practices or eliminate it altogether.It is difficult to imagine a socially aware individual being against corporate social responsibility, though many actions taken by individuals and corpora
It makes business sense and it makes sense for the communities impacted by corporations for them to ask in a socially responsible manner, what the outcomes of their actions will be in the short and long term. Right is defined in terms of self-chosen universal principles of good and bad. 880) Simms suggests that the value of seeking to educate individuals as to the corporate social responsibility of the entity is in the best interest of the public as well as the corporation. And it's a good bet that Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone will settle for millions of dollars per lawsuit. These eight recidivist recall mistakes include violations of these basic recall campaign rules: 1) Act quickly; 2) Tell the truth; 3) Accept recall responsibility; 4) Public safety is paramount concern; 5) Act voluntarily; 6) Do not scapegoat; 7) Maintain coalitions/alliances; and 8) Plan and practice recall procedures. 15) Such as in the case of the Bridgestone/Firestone, when dangerous products manufactured and sold by them caused deaths and permanent injury to many people, when they purchased the Ford Explorer new, with presumably new tires and then those products failed and caused serious accidents. In truth this was not the first and is not likely to be the last time this company and others take this stand, after fatal mistakes are made. 135)Even in hindsight these companies tend to continue to market and distribute products with known safety issues, that are not communicated to the public and do not come out in recall orders, until accidents have occurred and deaths and serious injuries have resulted. 26) (Davies, Chun, Silva & Roper, 2003, pg. The corporate blame game then continues even through the route of reparation in the court system. There still are more than 150 rollover lawsuits pending against Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone in California alone.
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