Question

Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal

What ethical behaviors and consequences arose from the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal as related to the items in social responsibility (fully respond):

Answer 1

• Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal began in September 2015.
• The consequences where
  • CO2 emisions:Volkswagen says that some cars are installed with a software that can distort Carbon dioxide emission results.The software installed on these cars will respond differently during the testing time,which gives a false impression.It's internal investigations shows that report on fuel consumption and emissions have some irregularities.

  • Vehicle recall and consequences: In 2015, Volkswagen announced plans to refit up to 11 million affected vehicles .The models which were affected were Jetta, Jetta Sportwagen , Beetle , Audi A3 , Golf, Beetle Convertible , Passat ,Volkswagen Touareg,Porsche Cayenne ,Audi A6 Quattro ,Audi A7 Quattro,Audi A8 ,Audi A8L ,Audi Q5,Audi Q7.