1. Why did Volkswagen's leadership decide to use defeat devices? 2. Who controls the strategic and operating...

Question:

1. Why did Volkswagen's leadership decide to use defeat devices?

2. Who controls the strategic and operating decisions at Volkswagen?

3. Describe the various stakeholders and their individual interests in Volkswagen. Whose interest dominated in the decision to pursue the defeat device strategy?

4. How did Volkswagen react to the discovery of its deceit? Do you think this was the proper crisis management response? What would you recommend that they do differently next time?

Stakeholders
A person, group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization's actions, objectives and policies. Some examples of key stakeholders are creditors, directors, employees,...