henry ford's bus. ethics
Henry Ford’s Personal Business Ethics
“No one had the remotest notion of the future of the internal combustion engine, while we were just on the edge of he great electrical development” (Ford 1926, 34). Ford was faced with a difficult situation:
The Edison Company offered me the general superintendence of the company but only on condition that I would give up my gas engine and devote myself to something really useful. I had to choose between
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doing anything which might change his condition.
3. That the way is clear for any one who thinks first of service, doing the work in the best possible way.
(Ford 1926, 46)
I found Ford’s business ethics to be very positive. He exemplifies that a product can be manufacture at low cost, of high quality, and provide a high degree of customer satisfaction.
Reference:
Ford, Henry. 1926. My Life and Work: An Autobiography. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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