Business Ethics and a Global Perspective: Volkswagen Emission Scandal Case

Business ethics and a global perspective

Volkswagen emission scandal case
 This presentation will focus on the case of “Corporate governance; a disgrace
at Volkswagen” is set in September 2015.
 The Volkswagen emission scandal provides the arguments for strong
environmental implementation, even for persons who believe that climate
changes is deception and emission rules put avoidable burden on
automakers.
 Volkswagen expended ten million to publicise that the automobiles of
Volkswagen were hygienic diesel (Dybus and Lemmen, 2017).
 The consumers purchased Volkswagen cars in good faith.
 Volkswagen has cheated in emission test by creating car seem far has less
pollution.
 The CEO knew about this and he was involved in the cover up of these
actions.

Ethics Issues in the Case
 An ethical dilemma is a situation where it is not possible to differentiate
correct or incorrect. In context of Volkswagen, the company did not
differentiate right and wrong.
 The company cheat its customers and authorities by manufacturing
engines which were specifically focuses on passing emissions tests.
 The company failed to maintain a standard to protect the interest of its
stakeholders which include customers, government, shareholders and
the environment.

Ethics Issues in the Case
 The corporation prioritised profits above the interest of its key
stakeholders in order to increase its profitability due to which the
company violated its duties.
 The senior level management of the company acted unethically so that
they can sell more cars which shows that they did not consider the
impact of their decisions on stakeholders.
 The management covered these actions to protect the engineers and
the company which shows their immoral intentions.