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Final Paper Assignment Outline Name Institutional affiliation Final Paper Assignment Outline Introduction Thesis statement Designers of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Inc. are caught up between putting emphasis on safety, or cost of production. Background of the Toyota ethical problem Toyotas reputation before the safety issue Toyota drivers reported that accelerator pedals were getting stuck and causing dangerous acceleration. The American government began investigating Toyota brake problems after the car maker announced that the 2010 Prius had a design defect. Toyota Motor Corp. admitted in 2010 that accelerator pedal defects affected several million Toyota, Scion, and Lexus cars and trucks, covering model years 2005 through 2010. Recalls before 2010 Lawsuits against Toyota Saylor v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Miller v. Toyota Motors Sales, USA, Inc., et al. Heilbrunn, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corp. Consequences of Ethics violation Toyota was ordered to pay 1.1billion to compensate the victims of the safety problem Toyota lost the trust of many customers for its negligence and it response to the ethics question Massive recall of Toyota vehicles including several million Toyota, Scion, and Lexus cars and trucks, covering model years 2005 through 2010. Aftermath of the mega-recall Toyota embarked on rebuilding trust with the