IIM Udaipur

Course: Business Ethics (BE)

PGP: Academic year: 2015-16

GROUP ASSIGNMENT (Weightage: 30%)

DUE DATE: Feb 8, 2016 (5 p.m)

To be submitted to: PGP Office

Assignment Subject: The Volkswagen (V W) emissions cheating scandal

Using information available to you in the public domain, please answer all the following 3 questions:
Q1. What are the ethical issues involved?
Q2. What is your critical evaluation of V Ws actions, with respect to the ethical duties a manufacturer
has towards the customer?
Q3. In terms of corrective action
3.1 What should V W do?
3.2 What should the auto industry worldwide do?
3.3 What should the various Governments and regulators do?
Please ensure that your action recommendations are specific (not general), and well-suited to
implementation in real life.
Important instructions
1. Please submit your assignment as a hard copy, in Times New Roman size 12 font. Please list the
names of all the group members on the cover page.
2. The total submission, including exhibits/annexures (if any), should not exceed 1500 words. Any
excess would be penalized. Please mention the total number of words at the top of the cover page.
3. Please list, as a separate sheet at the end under the title References, all the material and/or sources in
the public domain that have been studied / used by you while doing this assignment. This References
list and the cover page will not be included in the 1500 word limit.
4. In evaluating your submission, due weightage will be given to
- Appropriate use of concepts and theories discussed in the Business Ethics course
- Clarity of thought, analysis and recommendations
- Clear communication

Achal Raghavan
January 23, 2016