Volkswagen cheating emissions tests

billion in compensation programs, fines, and lawsuits. The company was found guilty of violating both U. S. and EU emission standards (Blackwelder, et al. They had achieved this by intentionally twisting around the software code for turbocharged direct injection (TDI) diesel engines to display correct readings during testing. This was the source of the design team resorting to disingenuous methods to meet the ill-advised expectations. Since they had to produce something, a system detecting testing procedures were designed, which could pollute the environment at an illegal and alarming rate of 40-times more than the permissible amounts. The organization had nurtured a secretive culture which is not good for teamwork. Communication needs to be done seamlessly and in a transparent manner to all the stakeholders of a business. It is reported and proven that the VW CEO Winterkorn was aware of the scheme one year before the crisis broke out in 2015.

How possible could it be, that such a big company to lie to the world for all those years undetected? The crime could not be justified in any way. Someone with a backbone should have voiced the rot early enough. The first of the best practices of leaders is transparency (Crête, 2016). Organizational silence of flaws in a very competitive market exacerbates the condition of things. It is far better for the leaders to accept that they have failed to achieve some targets which they intended to. Because of the disappointment the people are into this day and disbelief, the company will have to wait a little longer to recover from the wound. It was at least a good gesture the company showed to her customers. A further explanation helps by the junior staff, that the pressure from the top management was the cause of their deceit.

As much as such an excuse is equally repugnable, with time the customers with come to terms with the apology from the company. A good leader should be committed to doing things right. One way of doing embracing this leadership quality is being honest with all trading arrived at (Siano, Vollero, Conte, & Amabile, (2017). However small the returns may be, the team should only aim at improving the quality of what they produce. Communication is the tool of leaders and managers of getting things done. When communication is poor, then the production process is hindered from going on smoothly (Ragatz, 2015). It is common to do witness breakdowns in flowing of information. A dissatisfied person is susceptible to use dishonest ways of achieving goals (Green, 2014, p. The Volkswagen scandal unearthed the filth that is covered in the highest rankest of the reputable institutions.

Is was pivotal preparing teams, companies and organizations to be honest in their business relations and making the management team work within the acceptable frameworks (Blackwelder, Coleman, Colunga-Santoyo, Harrison, & Wozniak, 2016, p. The tendency of being over-ambitious will ultimately lead to self-destruction (Downes, & Keegan, 2014, p. Not only tarnishing of a reputation lurks in fraudulent methods, but financial penalties and losses. Colunga-Santoyo, S. Harrison, J. S. Wozniak, D. The Volkswagen Scandal.  Applied Psychology 64. Green, J. E. Toxic Leadership in Educational Organizations.  Education Leadership Review, 15(1), 18-33. Conte, F. Amabile, S. “More than words”: Expanding the taxonomy of greenwashing after the Volkswagen scandal.  Journal of Business Research, 71, 27-37. com/@dugar/volkswagen-leadership-focuses-failurs-anf-finding-a-way-out.