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Ford Pinto Incident and Ethics by hassanm is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document outlines an engineering ethics course at a university. It discusses the Ford Pinto case where Ford was criminally charged for deaths caused by fires in Pintos involved in rear-end collisions. The document notes that this case highlighted ethical issues engineers may face when pressured to sacrifice safety for cost and schedule considerations. The course aims to help engineers learn to identify and analyze complex ethical dilemmas, balancing competing duties and developing moral autonomy in the

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hassanm

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