Introduction of Volkswagen Cheating Scandal

        It is important to understand the concept of business ethics before reviewing the Volkswagen case, where they compromised and cheated with business ethical standards. It is a fact that businesses do face various ethical decisions and issues on regular basis, and they have to come up with the right choice in the end. The concept of business ethics is related to professional and moral standards which deal with ethics. In a business environment, various ethical issues or moral situations can arise, and when it comes to deal with them; the concept of business ethics provides the guideline to choose between the right and wrong. The ethical behavior means that one can distinguish that what is wrong and what is right, and then chose the right one. There can be so many issues and situations dealing with business ethics such as discrimination, bribery, corporate governance, unethical business practices, insider trading as well as corporate social responsibility. A business organization can face any of the issues with these aspects and they have to make ethical choices to remain as a business, which follows business ethics in its every decision. The business ethics for an organization may arise while dealing with people, society or business operations (Sharp 2006)

References of Volkswagen Cheating Scandal

Sharp, David J. 2006. Cases in Business Ethics. SAGE.