...promote cheating in NASCAR I believe that the largest motivational factor of any NASCAR team owner, crew member, or driver is that of winning. Each team represents not only a number on the side of a car but the entire organization, the sponsors, the driver, the crew chief, their crew and their families. NASCAR is big into the family values and your team is your family; you never let your family down. To win a race at any track is to bring honor to your team, revenue to your sponsors, and notoriety to your name. To win for oneself may not be enough motivation to cause a driver to cheat; however, most often times the driver is not the one that sets up the car, which is the crew and crew chief’s duty. Drivers can aide in the facilitation of cheating by requesting that their car be tweaked to their liking, how this is done however is the crew’s job. To win for a cause or for a team gives more pressure to win because there are other people counting on your success. Other motivational factors that promote cheating within NASCAR are that everyone knows everyone cheats. Each and every team in the NASCAR garage has tried and tested the very vague rules of the governing body, sometimes they get caught and others they don’t. To the teams it is worth a chance to try and get away with a tweak that may not be entirely within the rule book and get that little bit of an edge than to finish last on race day. The more lenient the attitude is towards cheating the more cheating that goes...
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...Case Study 4: Cheating and NASCAR: Who’s at the Wheel? This paper embarks on a road trip to NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, to take a close look at why cheating occurs within that organization. Two arguments drive the article, namely that NASCAR (1) may not be able to stop cheating particularly within the current context, and (2) might not want or be motivated to stop cheating. Obstacles complicating NASCAR''s efforts to stop cheating include the long-standing culture of unethical behavior within stock car racing, and the inconsistent imposition of punishments by NASCAR which drivers and race teams perceive as favoritism and unfair treatment. Yellow flags that raise caution include pressure from unwavering fans, and the friction between innovation and maintaining parity among teams. Proposed solutions include changing the culture within the NASCAR community, as well as developing ethical role models, both of which require major action by NASCAR''s top managers to signal the importance of ethical behavior. Other key stakeholders such as sponsors and fans must create incentives and rewards for ethical behavior, and consider reducing or ending support for drivers and teams that engage in unethical conduct. Our analysis and recommendations have broad applications because NASCAR is an archetype of a large organization attempting to reduce cheating and unethical behavior. As you think of NASCAR, the first thing comes to mind is cars racing round...
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...On September 18, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused Volkswagen of cheating on the emission test. Volkswagen had become extremely popular around the world due to the advertising on eco-friendly car. Volkswagen was advertising on the Super Bowl commercials, social media and much more. For seven years they had a false advertisement. It was a false advertisement because everything they were advertising was invalid. People were being lied to on what they were buying. Volkswagen had installed a software into the diesel engine. A deontologist, utilitarian and virtue ethicist could describe the action taken place by Volkswagen. A deontologist, utilitarian, and a virtue ethicist have different ways of describing what is morally...
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...Case Study 4: Cheating and NASCAR: Who’s at the Wheel? ACC 571: Forensic Accounting May 29, 2012 My first thought when I hear NASCAR, is cars, fans and a whole lot of noise. Who knew that it is one of the top selling sports in the USA. According to the article “10 Interesting NASCAR facts”, There are over 75 million NASCAR fans in the United States and over 6 million attended races in 2010. NASCAR has grown increasingly in its popularity and is now the second largest grossing sport. NASCAR founder William France “Bill” France Sr. founded the sport in 1948. Bill was a mechanic and auto shop owner from Washington, DC. He moved to Daytona Florida in the 1930’s. At the time, Daytona was a great spot for racing enthusiasts. William got involved in racing cars and promoting events. He soon realized that, at different races, rules would vary, and certain promoters were dishonest and would steal money from the contestants. William France Sr. felt the need for a governing body to sanction events. He chose members of the community, discussed this with them. This idea gave birth to NASCAR. . (www.History.com) Analyze the motivational factors that promote cheating at NASCAR. In the article “Is it Easy to Cheat in NASCAR?”, since stock car racing is such a big business, sponsors do not like to hear of any bad publicity when it comes to their particular team(s). Neither do the teams want to lose their sponsorship. When the sport tried to change the culture of NASCAR...
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...one of the biggest corporate scandals of recent years. The German car maker has been installing “defeat devices “– software that allows cars to cheat in emission tests, making them appear than they actually are. What is Volkswagen accused of? Volkswagen’s software allowed it to beat the tests in a lab, but when on the road with emissions controls switched off, cars would pump out nitrogen oxide (NOx) at up to 40 times the legal limit. Crucially, the software “knew” when it was being tested, allowing it to switch emissions controls on and off. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that many VW cars being sold in America had devices in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested. The EPA’s findings cover 482,000 cars in the US only, including the VW- manufactured Audi A3, and the VW brands Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Passat. Who is to blame? It’s not yet clear who is responsible for fitting the cheating software. Martin Winterkorn, the German company’s chief executive, accepted responsibility when he resigned, but denied any wrongdoing on his part. Prosecutors in Germany have opened a criminal probe into Mr. Winterkorn. Mr. Winterkorn is replaced by Matthias Mueller, the boss Porsche. Where did the incident happen and why did Mr. Winterkorn resign? This scandal has happened in the United States of America. Mr. Winterkorn denied having any knowledge of the emissions cheating when he resigned. He has announced that he has not aware of any wrongdoing...
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...Diesels may have amazing power, but they are terrible on the environment! In this paper you will see facts about why diesel exhaust affects people with asthma, allergies, and problems with breathing. You will also learn about how dangerous diesels are to plants. Also you will see how some companies, like volkswagen, have been cheating the emissions test by putting a software program to run the emissions computer as clean emissions. Lastly you will read about how Carbon dioxide has increased greatly in the Earth’s atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Greenhouse gases affect more than the environment but, affect people more than anything, the exhaust from diesel affects people with asthma, allergies, and problems with...
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...themes and motifs throughout the whole book. One specific theme in the book is Marriage, or a version of marriage that allows cheating. Cheating is also a motif that is expressed through the book and this particular motif matches up with the overall theme. Through the book we can see the theme of marriage shown by the actions of the main characters. Daisy, Tom, Myrtle, and Wilson demonstrate the theme and with an added Gatsby those characters make up the motif of cheating. Within the first few chapters we already see the motif playing through. Myrtle the beautiful, dirt poor lady living with her husband Wilson, who owns a gas station, has been cheating on Wilson with Tom. Although...
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...to take them to school and then make her way to work. I settled down into the comfy black wicker chair accented with forest green pillows and place my cup of coffee on the matching table. The table and chair was located in the corner of my wood porch. This has become my little oasis and from here I can see every house on the block. I sit back in my chair and exhale as every part of my body begins to relax and take in the morning air. Before I open my book I notice her husband Jim pulling up. I learned from her yesterday that he works nights while she works days. She explained that their schedules are hectic and they hardly get time to see each other. Jim gets out of his black A6 Audi grabs his briefcase from the back seat and closes the car door. While he’s walking to his front door I speak to him the same as I do every morning and as usual he does not speak back. He walks into the house and closes the door behind him. A little upset that he can be such a jerk I decided to sip on my coffee and try to enjoy my book. Occasionally I glimpse up at the house. The first time I could see Jim through the window in the kitchen fixing him something to eat. They had a beautiful kitchen. Everything was stainless steel. Each appliance seemed to match perfectly with the next. Jim seems to be so happy in the comfort of his home. He’s nothing like he is outside. I notice him bobbing his head and spinning around dancing as he walks to the couch. He sits his plate down on the living room table...
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...Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications COM/295 October 5, 2015 Dr. Lodessa S. Washington Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications Volkswagen is the latest car manufacturer to be caught in the act of purposely manipulating emissions tests results in some of their vehicles. Over the years, several other manufacturers including General Motors, Ford and Honda have also been exposed for the same unethical behavior (Biesecker, 2015). In Volkswagen’s case, the long-term impact to their brand, reputation and credibility is further compounded because their cheating was actually uncovered in 2014, but the organization continued to manufacture cars with the faulty software, and intentionally withheld their trickery from consumers who thought they were buying environmentally friendly vehicles. It wasn’t until the scandal became public last month that Volkswagen finally came clean (Plungis and Hall, 2015). In the United States alone, Volkswagen will have to endure both state and federal investigations, as well as the additional scrutiny of congressional hearings, but the greatest cost Volkswagen will have to pay is the long-term impact to their brand, reputation and credibility. Volkswagen is one of the top automobile manufacturers in the world, with worldwide sales reaching 5.04 million vehicles, from January to June of this year, surpassing Toyota who regularly has held the top sales position (Harrison, 2015). The company now finds itself in the...
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................ 3 1. Internal ................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Car Industry ........................................................................................................................... 3 3. Shareholder ........................................................................................................................... 4 Corporate Social Responsibility Report of Volkswagen .................................................................... 6 General Problem with Corporate Social Responsibility Report ........................................................ 8 Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility ................................................................................ 10 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Appendix .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Bibligiography...................................................................................................................................... 13 2 Introduction One of the world biggest car makers - Volkswagen was the industry Group Leader in the Automobile & Components industry group in S & P Dow Jones Sustainability...
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...Second degree murder is still murder with the intent to harm someone and planning it out over time and actually doing it. A man comes home and finds his wife to cheating he is upset and grabs his stuff and leaves. Over a few weeks, he plans to kill the guy she was cheating with. This would be second degree murder because he planned it out and he actually did it. Voluntary manslaughter is heat of the moment, you get mad at something and act on it right then, no time to plan it out. An example is the man comes home and finds his wife cheating and kills the other man she is cheating with. He didn’t plan it out but he did still kill the other man. This college student didn’t plan on harming anyone, he just wanted to go home. He didn’t say to himself,...
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...Affairs of Volkswagen 2.1 Business Situation of Volkswagen 2.1.1 Volkswagen Passenger Cars 2.1.2 Audi 2.1.3 SEAT 2.1.4 SKODA 2.1.5 Porsche 2.1.6 Bentley 2.1.7 Bugatti, Lamborghini 2.1.8 Ducati 2.1.9 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles 2.1.10 SCANIA 2.1.11 MAN 2.2 Financial Analysis of Volkswagen 第三章 Case Study of Volkswagen Emission Scandal 3.1 Case Situation 3.2 Cause of Incident 3.3 Consequences for Volkswagen 第四章 Business Analysis of Volkswagen 4.1 SWOT Analysis 4.2 结论（黑体小二） 注释（黑体小二） 参考文献（黑体小二） 附录（黑体小二） 谢辞（黑体小二） Abstract Environmental protection is becoming more and more important throughout the world. So the automobile industry tries to develop vehicles with good and positive emission output. In my thesis paper I will write about the Volkswagen emission scandal which happened this year in September. The Volkswagen Group is one of the biggest automobile manufacturer in the world. However Volkswagen manipulated the emission output through so called defeat devices. Through this fraud Volkswagen lost trust and faith of customers, employees, suppliers, investors, buyers and many other groups. I will try to analyze and explain the reasons why Volkswagen came to this situation. Introduction Volkswagen Group is a German corporation. It manufactures passenger cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles and engines. It was the largest automobile maker in the...
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...and working to keep the gym clean, he’s frustrated. He discovers his boss, John, no longer cleans because he assumes Chris will. Chris feels taken advantage of and wants John to recognize his role as a trainer first. He also wants John to consider the extra work cleaning involves. He is arguing for a raise or at least, special compensation for the cleaning should he continue it. For now, though, he is “on strike” from cleaning. He presents his findings to John who is not yet ready to compromise. Argument 2 Buying a Car Mark and Sally are a young, married couple considering the purchase of a new car. Mark feels his 10-year-old, four-door sedan is still working fine and there is no need to spend more money. Sally, who is 5 months pregnant, believes that the couple should invest in something newer and safer for their future children. Sally argues that the new car will be an investment for the future. Mark agrees to look but wants Sally to agree to lease a car first. Sally wants to invest in the future and argues that the long-term cost of a new vehicle will be less than leasing. She also argues that a lease will keep the couple from selling the vehicle should it not meet the family’s needs. Based on these factors, Sally wants to...
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...sorry” (qtd. in “'League' Star Steve 2). Rannazzisi felt remorse for his deception and remorse for acting as if he felt how others who actually experienced that horrible day did. Did he lie to become famous or did he lie to intentionally deceive? Actors and news anchors are not the only parties to lie, but many individuals that are not in the limelight, lie in a big way as well. A news story in the 90’s caught people’s attention with its riveting lies, although only on a small scale, it sparked controversy across the nation. Susan Smith was convicted of murdering her two children, both under the age of four, “by strapping them into their car seats…and letting her car roll into a lake.” Once the police arrived, “Smith initially told police that a black man had carjacked her and kidnapped her children. But nine days later, she admitted she pushed her car down the access ramp” (Chuck 1-2). Her false accusation sparked racial tension and claimed that she was going to take her own life before the truth came out. Smith wrote a letter from prison about why she lied, writing, “I didn’t know how to tell the people who loved Michael & Alex that they would never see them again” (qtd. in Chuck 2). Smith lied to trick everyone into thinking that she did not kill her children, but that an African American man did. She convinced everyone that she was the sad, broken mother who had just lost her kids to a madman, but in reality, she took her own children away from herself. One of her motives, reporters...
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...they will not just be disappointed in you, but you will also lose their trust. Dishonesty can cause a person to feel “uncertainty” when dealing with others, its can cause you to lose trust in yourself and with your friends. Most high School student understands that cheating is bad, but when it comes to a point where they are pressured, the students loses their heads and are able to convince themselves that cheating is the only way out. What everyone always...
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