Managerial Accounting – Week 7 Assignment 2

Ford-Firestone Ethics Case Study

Please read the article The Ford-Firestone Case found in the Week 7 required reading.

Upon reading the article, please complete the following items:

Provide a review of this article using APA formatting guidelines.  The paper should be a minimal of four pages, not including the cover page and reference page.  At least four references (including the article used for the summary) are required for this paper.

Content Requirements

1.)   Provide a summary of the case within the article

2.)   Who do you think was at fault for the tire exploding?  Please support your claim with evidence from the article and other references.

3.)   Were there any ethical violations committed from either Ford or Firestone?  Please support your claim with evidence from the article and other references.

4.)   Please apply the lessons learned from this case and apply it to a particular situation from either your past, current, or future career.