FIRESTONE TIRE DEFECTS Firestone Tire Defects

Table of Contents

Firestone Tire1

Background of Problems1

Background of Cases of Defective Tires2

Important Aspects of Business Ethics Case for Firestone2

Firestone Activity In The Case Of Disaster3

Interest Groups5

Clients5

Suppliers6

Regulatory Authority6

Employees7

Conclusion7

Firestone Tire Defects

Firestone Tire

The multinational tire manufacturer Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in the late nineteenth century, exactly in 1900 in the city of Akron in Ohio, USA which is considered the world capital of rubber it was in that city where he founded several companies dedicated to manufacturing products from rubber. Since its inception, Harvey Firestone founded the company to focus on the manufacture of tires for vehicles and soon saw the value and profitability of this business (OAN, 2000). So in 1906, he contacted Henry Ford, the first car manufacturer and the first to use the technique of line production, to create an alliance contract in which Firestone was the provider would cover the wheels of its popular model T Ford car, while continuing to sell their products independently. It was so Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was growing and even came to expand to the European continent, which opened its first factory in 1928 near the city of London. The expansion was such that in 1967 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and was about 8 factories throughout Europe.

Background of Problems

Firestone tires and Ford SUV's most popular at one time will be forever associated in the public mind after an outbreak of fatal accidents involving rollover Explorer models shod with Firestone tires. The tire manufacturer has recognized the failure of his tires with a dimension, in particular, was likely to explode and decamp, but the SUV blamed himself for accidents involving other tire sizes. These accidents were caused by drivers: speeding, excessive or insufficient pressure on the tires and ambient heat (many incidents occurred in the southern United States) likely contributed to the problem. Anyway, Ford recalled all models Explorer to replace their tires in 2001. Firestone has since ended 95-year collaboration with Ford, citing "serious concerns" about the safety of SUVs (OAN, 2000).

Background of Cases of Defective Tires

The case deals with the disaster of the numerous deaths in traffic accidents where the vehicle Ford Explorer and Firestone tires are involved. The researchers found that accidents were in principle result of a manufacturing flaw in the Firestone tires, which when subjected to certain conditions of speed and temperature, collapsed. In early 2000, Houston, Firestone ATX tires were released as a separate case in the media. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating this issue (Brian, 2001). In May 2000 in the United States, the fact that four people died because of this defect have been reported, the Transportation Security Administration of the 47 million single ATX / ATX II / Wilderness Thai was to broaden the scope to the investigation.

Important Aspects of Business Ethics Case for Firestone

The bad practices of companies Ford and Firestone engaged in the manufacture of vehicles and tires, respectively, had the potential to inflict enormous damage on ...