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The safety defect with the rear-end gas tank of the Ford Pinto was, unfortunately, a gross misconduct of ethical business practices in my opinion. The cost analysis done by the company's business, engineering, and quality teams was hyper-focused on company profits with no regard for human life. The fact that the project team could overlook even one person dying from being burned to death if the car gas tank exploded after the collision from the back, was unconscientious. Even if the company had not suffered a huge financial loss when the decision was made to proceed with the production and release of the Pinto, the damage to the integrity and reputation of the company had already been done.

The company overlooked important steps in the quality management process such as incorporating the company's quality policies into the quality management plan (Project Management Institute, 2017). The Manage Quality phase is sometimes also referred to as quality assurance. It entails using the quality processes effectively, making sure that standards are adhered to, and informing stakeholders that the final product will meet their needs, expectations, and requirements. The company's quality assurance organization should work independently from the project team to assess the quality measure, standard, and practice independently and in collaboration with the safety and standards organization as well. Perhaps an independent group would not have allowed company profits to take precedence over the loss of human lives.

Reference:

Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)-Sixth Edition. https://eds-s-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/eds/ebookviewer/ebook/bmxlYmtfXzE1OTUzMjBfX0FO0?nobk=y&sid=4c0085c9-ce7e-409c-a828-21c076bbabe7@redis&vid=3&format=EB&rid=4