domingo, 15 de setembro de 2013

Fwd: Ford Pinto - função social da empresa - utilitarismo - fight club


O perigo do utilitarismo bem retratado no filme Fight Club:

Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.

Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?

Narrator: You wouldn't believe.
Business woman on plane: Which car company do you work for?

Narrator: A major one.

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Me fez lembrar do caso Ford Pinto (http://tinyurl.com/CasoFordPinto):

"The cases involving the explosion of Ford Pinto's due to a defective fuel system design led to the debate of many issues, most centering around the use by Ford of a cost-benefit analysis and the ethics surrounding its decision not to upgrade the fuel system based on this analysis."

#funçãosocialdaempresa


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