Volkswagen:The Emission ScandalBA 7070 Ethical Analysis Project1
Table of ContentsAbout Volkswagen……………………………………………………………………………3Issue Identification…………………………………………………………………………….3Assumptions……………………………………………………………………………………4Volkswagen was aware of Emissions Limits…………………………………………4Cost-Benefit Analysis Was Completed……………………………………………….4Volkswagen’s Culture is highly Competitive…………………………………………4Stakeholders……………………………………………………………………………………5Shareholders…………………………………………………………………………….5Employees……………………………………………………………………………….5Consumer………………………………………………………………………………..5Natural Environment…………………………………………………………………….6Media……………………………………………………………………………………..6Environmental Forces……………………………………………………………………......7Technology………………………………………………………………………………7Economic…………………………………………………………………………………7Social……………………………………………………………………………………..8Global…………………………………………………………………………………….8Ethical……………………………………………………………………………………9Public Policy……………………………………………………………………………………9Scholarly Text…………………………………………………………………………………..9Article #1:“Damages and Expected Deaths Due to Excess NOx Emissions from 2009 to 2015Volkswagen Diesel Vehicles”………………………………………………10Article #2: “If All Else Fails, A Corporate Death Penalty?”……………………….11Article #3: “Democratic Business Ethics: Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal and the Disruption of Corporate Sovereignty”…………………………………………………...11Article #4: “Valuing the human health damage caused by the fraud of Volkswagen”……………………………………………………………………………………12Ethical Approach……………………………………………………………………………12Egoism………………………………………………………………………………….12Utilitarian………………………………………………………………………………..12
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- Winter '09
- Albert Spalding
- Business Ethics, Diesel engine, Volkswagen, Emission standard, Nitrogen oxide
