A topic that has briefly discussed in class, is the scandal involving Volkswagen and the charges it faces due to its lies about the emission amounts their cars release. This lie first came to the attention of an engineer of the name John German. He had administered on road emission tests which he observed to differ from that of the reported in test emission results from several VW automobiles. He had eventually discovered that VW had “sophisticated software designed to cheat strict emission tests across the world” (Neate 2015). This is a very interesting action, and it really makes you wonder if other large corporations are using similar strategies. Many things remain unclear, but it is very clear that this was no accident, a lot of work was put into this. (Neate 2015). The single thing that had German perplexed, was the fact that after he had sent the results of the discrepancies between VW’s tests and his own, VW had the choice of attempting to fix what they had done, but instead they chose to continue lying, and cheating the system. (Neate 2015). 

Neate, Rupert. “Meet John German: The Man Who Helped Expose Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal.” The Guardian. N.p., 26 Sept. 2015. Web. 27 Sept. 2015. <http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/26/volkswagen-scandal-emissions-tests-john-german-research>.

No More Lies. Digital image. International Business Times. N.p., 25 Sept. 2015. Web. 28 Sept. 2015. <http://www.ibtimes.com/volkswagen-whistleblower-we-gave-epa-diesel-emissions-data-2014-2114511>.