The Case of Volkswagen

        Volkswagen, one of the largest and renowned German automobile companies in the world, and it can be expected from such huge level corporations that they would set the example by leading with ethical standards in their business. Especially, when it comes to environmental issues, the role of automobile companies is crucial to make sure that they follow set standards and play their part in developing vehicles, which produce as less pollution as possible. That’s why companies have been trying to come up with vehicles, which are more environments friendly. The emissions from vehicles can be deadly for the safety of environment and these emissions can be huge in spreading the pollution in the air. The countries all over the have been working hard to come up with environmental protection laws and regulations so that different industries like automobile industry can be regulated for their emissions in the air (BANSAL, KING and SEIJTS 2015)

        The countries have developed various rules and regulations and they are regulated by relevant authorities. In United States, the agency has been created to make sure that U.S environment is safe enough with less amount of pollution in the air. The environmental protection in United States is overviewed and regulated by The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is important to know that cars and other vehicles emit nitrogen oxide in the air, which is very pollutant for the environment, and it can have many serious issues as well. So, Environmental Protection Agency in United States has been working hard to restrict the amount of emission by vehicles so that environment is protected from any bad effects. The standards set by EPA have been making life difficult for automakers to align their business decisions with the new laws. But it is important to understand that keeping climate change and global warming issues in mind, it is essential to keep environment as clean as possible, otherwise whole world will have to face the repercussions (Mansouri 2016)

References of Volkswagen

BANSAL, TIMA, MICHAEL KING, and GERARD SEIJTS. 2015. The Volkswagen emissions scandal: A case study in corporate misbehaviour. Accessed December 1, 2018. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/the-vw-emissions-scandala-case-study-in-what-not-to-do/article26550100/.

Mansouri, Nazanin. 2016. "A Case Study of Volkswagen Unethical Practice in Diesel Emission Test." International Journal of Science and Engineering Applications 5 (4): 211-216.