Contemporary Issues Project
Topic: Volkswagen Scandal
Part 1: Articles
Gather at least 5 articles related to the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal. The articles should be newspaper style and not research oriented journals. Go to popular news web sites such as CNN, USA Today, or any network news site.
Part 2: Ethical Violations
Write an essay that:
a.) Identifies the ethical violations (find a minimum of 3 violations). Use the NSPE code of ethics as a guide. Identify the specific codes violated and provide a copy of specific sentences of text in the article that proves your assertion. Demonstrate your understanding of the ethical violations. This section should be a general discussion of the ethical violation. Describe the violation and the corresponding code. Minimum 500 words.
b.) Identifies the impact of the ethical violations on global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. Identify the root cause of the problem(s) or issues, make a problem statement with emphasizing clear understanding of issues. This section below will be graded using a rubric provided. Minimum 500 words.
c.) Describes how life-long learning would assist managers in avoiding the ethical violations. (Life-long learning may include graduate school, continuing education, licensing, certifications, attending conferences, becoming members of professional societies and other learning opportunities.) This section below will be graded using a rubric provided. Minimum 500 words.
Format:
Use template provided
Spacing: single
Font: Times new roman
Font size: 12 Margins: 1 inch on left/right and top/bottom
Grading: See attached rubrics. Each essay will be graded according to the scales provided.
Deliverables:
1. Minimum 5 Articles
2. Essay article using the template provided
Submit an electronic copy or web link of the article along with your report (html, htm, pdf or Word format is requested). I am expecting the article to be found on the web so the article will be in electronic format and can be submitted for this assignment. The web link is required as part of the reference section of the template.
Attachment:- Contemporary Issues .rar