• The Volkswagen “Dieselgate” scandal has been called one of the most audacious corporate frauds in history. From 2006 to 2015 Volkswagen was selling diesel engine cars that they claimed to have such low emissions that they were comparable to hybrid diesel-electric engine cars. Volkswagen’s cars even passed the regulators tests as low emission vehicles, however it was all a hoax. They used software to program their vehicles to emit low emissions during regulator test. The software was then shutoff once the tests were complete, and the cars then not only emitted high levels of carbon(up to 40 times the legal limit), but illegal types of nitrogen oxides as well. Please read the below articles to help you in answering the following questions: http://business-ethics.com/2018/02/08/1638-how-vw-paid-25-billion-for-dieselgate-and-got-off-easy/ http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/what-is-the-volkswagen-dieselgate-emissions-scandal Please discuss the following questions related to this topic: 
• 1. Who are the stakeholders involved in this scandal?
•  2. Do you believe this is a result of executives putting pressure on their employees by setting goals with unrealistic expectations? 
• 3. If you were Oliver Schmidt, would you have complied with executive management and concealed the intentional cheating from U.S. Regulators, or would you have acted differently? Why?
•  4. With the increase in demand for environmentally safe products, do you believe there are other industries/corporations using technology to essentially trick consumers and regulators into believing their products are more environmentally safe than they really are? Is there any way we as consumers can be sure products are actually as environmentally safe as they are advertised?

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1The stakeholders involved in this scandal are Volkswagen the U S Environmental Protection Agency and the U S Department of Justice the German governm... View the full answer