Ethical Report on Unethical Practices in Commercial Vehicle Industry of Australia

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Executive summary
The report is based on this ethical issue that took place in commercial vehicle industry of
Australia. In this context, it has been reported that there are revelations in the recent weeks of
business that have awakened the suspicion related to ethics. In this context, Volkswagen
Company in Australia has always enjoyed a good reputation that has been marketing their
decision vehicles for the purpose of low emission vehicles whereas the engineering motors
they used gave it a false reading. Apart from these, they have also underpaid their employees
for the purpose of making profit in the growing competitive environment. The concern of
ethical dilemma revolves around the study that has been portrayed through a PESTLE
analysis.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Who........................................................................................................................................4
What.......................................................................................................................................4
Analysis......................................................................................................................................4
Why........................................................................................................................................4
Where and When....................................................................................................................5
How........................................................................................................................................5
PESTLE analysis........................................................................................................................6
Political...................................................................................................................................6
Economic................................................................................................................................6
Social......................................................................................................................................7
Technological.........................................................................................................................7
Legal.......................................................................................................................................7
Environmental........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
Reference list..............................................................................................................................9
Appendix..................................................................................................................................10
Appendix 1: Declining share price of Volkswagen..............................................................10

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Introduction
Who
The issue related to business ethics embraces all organisation whether small or big
and it is not just the latest fad with a restricted lifespan. In this context, managers of the
commercial organisation have identified that ethical behaviour is necessary for managing
sound and healthy business activities.
What
Based on this ethical issue, it has been seen that there are revelations in the recent
weeks of business that have awakened the suspicion related to ethics. In this context,
Volkswagen Company in Australia has always enjoyed a good reputation that has been
marketing their decision vehicles for the purpose of low emission vehicles whereas the
engineering motors they used gave it a false reading. To examine the unethical issue took
place in the commercial sectors, the Australian competition and commission are investigating
over the insider claims that the company has developed.
Based on this specific issue that, the study investigates the ethical challenges faced by the
organisation in Australian. In this regards, the study recognises the ethical issues that the
company has currently faced in terms of their internal business.
Analysis
Why
Ethical scandals have seen around several organisation where the organisation has to
face questions related to ethical decision making. All those scandals lead to huge loss of
confident and breakage of reputation. In the existing market, the organisation tries to expand
their profit in unethical ways that raise the problem of an ethical dilemma (Thompson 2018).