Question.5465 - •OPTION 1: GM ignition switch - following is your starting source oGM deadly ignition switch [gov website] •OPTION 2: Nestle sugar scandal - following are your starting sources • Explain the role of ethics in shaping business decisions. • For the case you selected, describe the company. For example, how is it structured? Size? Stakeholders? • Summarize the decision the company made that is the primary issue in the case study, and its outcome. Identify the ethical framework applicable to the company’s decision making. You must explain how this framework applies. For example, what are the facts in the case -- the company’s actions -- that illustrate the company's adherence to this framework? What were the factors in reaching the decision? • Identify a different ethical framework that might have led the company to reach a different decisional outcome. Explain how that framework would prompt different approach and actions.
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General Motors Ignition Switch Case Study: An Ethical AnalysisIntroductionBusiness ethics are very important when it comes to making decisions in toda...
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xxx if xxxx break xxxx In xxxxx kinds xx fields xx is xxxx moral xxx legal xx put xxxxxx ahead xx making xxxxx The xxxx of xxxxxxx MotorsGeneral xxxxxx is xxx of xxx biggest xxx companies xx the xxxxx It xxx started xx and xxx its xxxx office xx Detroit xxxxxxxx Chevrolet xxxxxxxx GMC xxx Buick xxx some xx its xxxx well-known xxxxx GM xx an xxxxxxxxx part xx both xxx U x and xxxxx auto xxxxxxxxxx because xx employs xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxx and xxxxx millions xx cars xxxxx year x S xxxxxxxxxx Office xxxxxxxxx workers xxxxxxxxxxxx sellers xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxx as x whole xxx all xxxxxxxxxxxx Because xxx U x government xxxxxx out xx with xxxxxxx during xxx financial xxxxxx the xxxxxxx also xxxx a xxx to xx Because xx this xxxxx and xxxxxx are xxxx important xx GM's xxxxxx license xx operate xxxxxxx Motors' xxxxxxxxxxx case xx mostly xxxxx bad xxxxxxxx switches xxxx were xxx in xxxx GM xxxx between xxx including xxx Chevrolet xxxxxx Pontiac x and xxxxxx Ion xxxxxxx these xxxxxxx 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watchdog xxxxx over xxx company x S xxxxxxxxxx Office xxxxxxxxxxx Ethical xxxxxxxxxxxxx actions xxxxxx a xxxxxxxxxxx ethical xxxxxxxxx albeit xx a xxxxxx way xxxxxxxxxxxxxx asserts xxxx choices xxxxx to xxxxxxx the xxxxxxx good xx reduce xxxx In xxx realm xx business xxxx is xxxxxxxxxx understood xx the xxxxxxxxxxx between xxxxx and xxxxxxxx Smith xx engineers xxx executives xxxxxxxxx a xxxxxxxxxxxx analysis xxxx emphasized xxxxxxxxx savings xx the xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxx safety xxxx concluded xxxx redesigning xxx ignition xxxxxx was xxx worth xxx cost xxxxxxx the xxxx that xxx fix xxxxx have xxxx less xxxx one xxxxxx per xxxxxxx According xx this xxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxx regarded xxxxxx as x disposable xxxxxxx in xxx pursuit xx short-term xxxxxx and xxxx reduction x think xxxx demonstrates xxx utilitarianism xxx be xxxxxxx Genuine xxxxxxxxxxx ethics xxxxxxxxxxx taking xxxx account xxx well-being xx all xxxxxxxx stakeholders xxxxxxxxx consumers xxxxx lives xxx at xxxxx Jennings xxxxxxxx In 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xx was xx essential xxxxxxxxxx Instead xx hiding xxx flaw xxx years xx would xxxx taken xxxxx action xx avert xxx damage x believe xxxx framework xxxxxx with xxxxxxxxxx claim xxxx businesses xxxx respect xxxxxxxx basic xxxxxx such xx the xxxxx to xxxx and xxxxxx It xxxx aligns xxxx ethical xxxxxxxxxx fostering xxxxx and xxxxxxxxx long-term xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Boyles x believe xx GM xxx followed xxxxxxxxxx it xxxxx have xxxxxxx deaths xxxxx from xxxxxxxxxx and xxx damage xx its xxxxx that xxxxx shows xxxxx ConclusionThe xx ignition xxxxxx affair xxxxx how xxxxxxxxxx effects xxx result xxxx ethical xxxxxxxx Ethics xxx not xxxxx ideas xxxx are xxxxxx rules xxxx help xxxxxxxxxx make xxxxxxx that xxxx effects xx the xxxx world xxxxxxx GM xxxx a xxxxxx version xx utilitarian xxxxxxxx they xxx cost xxxxxxx ahead xx human xxxxx which xxxxxx deaths xxxx could xxxx been xxxxxxx fines xxxx regulators xxx public xxxxx I xxxxxxx if xx had xxxx deontology xxxxxxx it xxxxx have xxxx forced xx put xxxxxxxx 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