ITM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Turbocharged Direct Injection

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Abbas keramati

Document Summary

Technology: volkswagen pollutes its reputation with software to cheat emissions testing: yes, this volkswagen emission crisis poses an ethical dilemma as they had cheated the system entirely. The people at volkswagen had their car meet the u. s. standards by having programmed turbocharged direct injection diesel engines to activate during the laboratory testing for the emissions system (laudon and. Volkswagen were given two choices, one to cheat the system and make a lot of money and two, to not lie about creating an environmentally friendly car. The choice they made had ended up affecting them dearly and has also affected their stakeholders as well. By cheating on the emissions test they were able to deliver mileage much better and also avoided having to pay for expensive pollution-control systems. The organization was looking out for themselves more than anyone, as they had looked for ways to save as much money as possible.