<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>7405</rec-number><ref-type>Case Study </ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Harris, Charles E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pritchard, Michael S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rabins, Michael J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">XYZ Hose</style></title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">XYZ Hose</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">business</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ENGINEERING</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Product and Consumer Safety</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">product liability</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Product Liability</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Product and Consumer Safety</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Engineering </style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study </style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.bsyse.wsu.edu/pitts/be120/Handouts/cases/case56.htm</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wadsworth</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Belmont, CA</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">XYZ Hose Company for many years made a plastic-reinforced hose that was used by farmers to fertilize their fields with anhydrous ammonia, a substances that reacts violently with water, so care must be taken in disbursing it. When XYZ found that its hoses deteriorated over years of use and caused numerous accidents, the company pulled the product from the market and had to make substantial out-of-court settlements with farmers who where injured using damaged hoses.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case from Harris, Charles, Michael Pritchard and Michael Rabins. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2000. Available from website http://www.bsyse.wsu.edu/pitts/be120/Handouts/cases.htm</style></notes></record></records></xml>