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- Title
Pinto Fires and Personal Ethics: A Script Analysis of Missed Opportunities.
- Authors
Gioia, Dennis A.
- Abstract
This article details the personal involvement of the author in the early stages of the infamous Pinto fire case. The paper first presents an insider account of the context and decision environment within which he failed to initiate an early recall of defective vehicles. A cognitive script analysis of the personal experience is then offered as an explanation of factors that led to a decision that now is commonly seen as a definitive study in unethical corporate behavior. The main analytical thesis is that script schemas that were guiding cognition and action at the time precluded consideration of issues in ethical terms because the scripts did not include ethical dimensions.
- Subjects
AUTOMOBILE defects -- Reporting; PINTO automobile; PRODUCT recall; BUSINESS ethics; ETHICAL decision making; ORGANIZATIONAL ethics; CORPORATE culture; INDUSTRIAL management ethics; CONSUMER protection &; ethics; ETHICS; EXECUTIVES
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 1992, Vol 11, Issue 5/6, p379
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00870550