Assessment task title: Volkswagon Scandel
Details of Task: ESSAY QUESTION
Does the Volkswagon scandal of 2015 show
1. Self- regulation to be useless? If so why? If not, why not?
2. Corporate Social Responsibility reporting to be worthless? If so why, if not, why not?
How can society ensure that businesses observe appropriate standards of behavior?
Discuss, using in particular the theoretical material on regulation and CSR reporting presented in lectures, and the following links as a starting point for your discussion of the case.
Links:
https://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/content/en/sustainability_and_responsibility /CSR_worldwide.html
https://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/publications/2015/04/groupsustainability-report-2014.bin.html/binarystorageitem/file/Volkswagen_Sustainability_Report_2014.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2015/09/27/volkswagen-and-the-failure-of-corporatesocial-responsibility/#15a697fe6128
https://www.triplepundit.com/2016/01/vw-scandal-continues-implications-corporate-socialresponsibility/