It’s about time Europe ditched the diesels – so what are the alternatives?
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A powerful diesel lobby and fragmented class action laws put EU consumers at a disadvantage.
The court action ACCC has brought against Volkswagen might not succeed because Australia’s emissions standards are not as strict as those in the US and Europe.
The ACCC has launched proceedings against VW for allegedly misleading consumers. But consumers won’t be directly compensated from the case.
Fresh from a record US$15 billion settlement, Volkswagen is resisting paying compensation in other countries.
Volkswagen’s strategy shows that problems like the emissions scandal are likely to continue.
Advertising complaints hit 37,000 in the UK last year, but companies keep chancing their arm.
How an icon took a wrong turn.
The scandal that rocked the automotive industry is far from over.
Dissonance by the banks - saying one thing but acting in another way - will cause brand damage that will be very difficult to repair.
There were many examples of ethics failures in 2015. So what’s missing from company leaders?
Diesels typically have good fuel economy, but hot on the heels of the Volkswagen affair, Australia is set to tighten the rules for diesel car emissions - which will put a dent in engine performance.
Volkswagen and others may have been hamstrung by a low opinion of indifferent car buyers.
If we even can’t secure reliable data on car emissions then environmental regulators throughout the world are in trouble.
An obsession with metrics has led to a business culture in many industries that is more concerned with meeting targets than the wider good the measure was intended to represent.
For business ethics to be effective they must be pushed onto corporations against their will. Business ethics is democratic, not corporate.
Australia and New Zealand have unique legislative regimes protecting consumers, which differ from almost every other affected country.
Why do companies devote so much energy to ingenuity that causes harm?
Computers control much of an engine’s performance these days. And it’s surprisingly easy to tweak the software to bypass emissions controls, as done by Volkswagen.
Volkswagen’s command and control approach has not helped its global response to the emissions scandal, with Australian customers left waiting for more than two weeks.
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Executive Director of Postgraduate Programmes, Surrey Business School, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor Emeritus of History and Labor Education, University of Oregon
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, International Business and Strategic Management, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE), Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Management, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University
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Professor of Business and Sustainability, Cardiff University
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Instructor, Diesel Equipment Technology, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer in Management Systems, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Product Design, Nottingham Trent University
