This ppt is made by me and the ppt is based on the Ethical Issue. This ppt is contain four ethical issue (Virtue, Utilitarianism, Duty and rights). I'm Md. Tanzid Hossain Shawon, the student of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE), at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1. Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Presented By:
Md. Tanzid Hossain Shawon 2011-2-80-007
East West University (EWU)
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) Group: 02
EEE 404, Fall 2015

2. Contents
 Company profile
 Case background
 Analysis according to
Virtue
Utilitarianism
Duty
Right
 Conclusion
 References2

3. Company profile
 Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer established in 1946
 Headquarter in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
 Ranked as the 3rd largest manufacture in 2009 according to OICA
 The word Volkswagen means "People's car" in Germany
 Its current CEO is Matthias Muller
 Production facilities in 27 countries
 Sales in 153 countries
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4. Case Background
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Volkswagen cheat nitrogen oxide emission test
Contained software to turns off emission control
Emit nitrogen oxide up to 40 times the standard
In 2014 Environment Protection Agency (EPA) investigation begins
Volkswagen argues third party tests are flawed
3 September 2015 Volkswagen admits using software to trick regulator
18 September 2015 scandal goes public
7 October 2015 Volkswagen expects recall of cars in January-2016

5. Case Background (Cont…..)
Ethical Issue:
 Volkswagen not only disregarded EPA laws and restrictions but
also invented software to avoid them
 Volkswagen vehicles were emitting an enormous amount of
nitrogen oxides negatively impacting the United States air
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6. Virtue ethics
 Virtue
Volkswagen's conduct did not carry any virtue
 Vices
Dishonesty
Lack of professionalism
Lack of responsibility
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7. Utilitarianism
 Benefit
Made profit for certain period of time
 Costs
Company’s reputation is now damage
Global sales declined
Fine up to $ 18bn (€11.6bn)
Rise downtime cost
Loss of customer goodwill7

8. Duty ethics
 Company's duty to look after the welfare of customer
 Company's duty to maintain EPA's law and restriction
 Company's duty to produce environment friendly product
 Engineer's duty to make trusty software
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9. Rights ethics
 Customer has a fundamental right about their purchase product
 EPA has a right to check the defective devices
 Customer right to get environment friendly product
 Software quality control inspector right to check the quality
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10. Conclusion
Failure of ethical theories
Huge amount of air pollution
Recall the defective cars
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References
1. BBC news, on emission test [Online]
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34857404
2. CNN News, on Volkswagen scandal and cheating [Online]
Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/28/opinions/schneier-vw-cheating-
software/
3. Wikipedia report [Online]
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

12. Thank You