Question:
Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal
Task:
Answer these questions based on the facts below and your research, including Richard LeBlanc’s textbook The Handbook of Corporate Governance which is linked on FACC 6500 eClass:
Facts:
An emissions testing defeat device, as part of a VW diesel car software, was installed in 11 million VW vehicles to evade US EPA environmental emissions regulations from 2009 to 2015.
Was this failure the result of:
- VW corporate governance;
- VW culture;
- The German model of “co-determinism
- VW Internal Controls failures;
- VW Risk Management failures;
- Other; or
- A combination of the above?
Instructions:
Support you answer with facts and findings from your readings.
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