As the leader in the U.S. diesel market, Volkswagen promised efficiency and safe emissions with on compromise in axle-twisting torque. However, in 2015 Sep, VK was accused of cheating emissions tests. In order to be competitive among the diesel auto manufacturers , 11 million cars worldwide of VW are fitted with the defeat device and pretends to be green environmental. One month ago, VW admitted to cheating again after the scandal broke.
Unsuspecting owners of VW diesel cars in the U.S were all subjecting themselves and others on the road to extraordinarily high levels of the emissions that cause smog (40 times the standard rates of nitrogen oxides), which causes asthma among children and older people (it’s even can be fatal).
Most of the commercial activities in enterprises basically can find the clues from the perspectives of the economic interests. So that VW’s action is easy to be explained. For saving the prime costs such like the time and the cost in tech department, across the ethical line seems like a shortcut to pass the emissions test. In another words, VW stole the expenditures of improving the environment from everyone to filled their own wallet. They are too clever to be wise, so they only can find the loophole of the standard but cannot realize what is the key of sustainability. The action of unethical can only lead to an opposite result comparing to VW thought before. The way of thinking which uses the pursuit of profit as the only objective is behind the new era and destines to be eliminated.
Business ethic is important to act like a moral judgement about what is right and what is wrong for company. Not only individual person has the social responsibility, but the business also has the social responsibility which is to use the resources to create their profit without deception and obeying the rules. Ignoring the standard of ethic, obeying the rule of law, and doing unfair competition not only damage the interest of other operators and consumers, but also lost the trust of the public. In this case, none of the operators who use the unethical way can achieve success.
Overall, business ethics is the cornerstone of the survival of enterprises, with it, companies can embrace the profits and the soul at the same time.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772
The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits by Milton Friedman