“Our products help to ensure that mobility is environmentally friendly, efficient, and safe. In this context, the future obligates us to promote mobility in the interest of the common good, while doing justice to individual needs, ecological concerns, and the economic requirements placed on a global enterprise.” (Compliance) That is a statement from the Volkswagen Code of Conduct. Who would have guessed a determined group of researchers that had been rewarded a $50,000 grant would cause us to realize that Volkswagen was not keeping true to the code of conduct that they had set forth for the company, the customers, and the environment that they promised to protect. How did a company like Volkswagen get away with such an act of deceit? Well according to the researchers that discovered this from West Virginia University they where surprised that this is even hitting the level like it is now. David Carder stated, “ the fallout at hand is surprising because this data was made public over a year and a half ago.” (Lam) So the question becomes what about this discovery is shocking the world and causing Volkswagen to lose almost thirty percent of its market value? Well according to many that are investigating this case like California Air Resources Board and the Environment Protection Agency. The question is what exactly …show more content…
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