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Ford Pinto Case Study

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Systemic Decision Making

Part of the book series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality ((TSRQ,volume 33))

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This text has discussed a real estate-focused case study throughout in disparate pieces. The aim of this chapter is to provide a cradle-to-grave case study which illustrate the entire multimethodology developed in the text. The case study focuses on the Ford Pinto and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

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    http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/NHTSA’s+Core+Values.

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  • Ulrich, W. (2000). Reflective practice in the civil society: The contribution of critically systemic thinking. Reflective Practice, 1(2), 247–268.

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  1. Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Patrick T. Hester

  2. Information Technology and Computer Science, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD, USA

    Kevin MacG. Adams

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Hester, P.T., Adams, K.M. (2017). Ford Pinto Case Study. In: Systemic Decision Making. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 33. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54672-8_17

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