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Case Study 4 

Case Study 4 

Q Instructions: Hopefully you have already heard about the decision by VW to install software to cheat emissions testing (if not, you have now). What I want you to do here is to look through these articles, and your other source, to explain to me in at least three pages what happened, why it happened, what should happen to the company now, and what should be done in the future to prevent other similar things from happening (and by whom). Files: Case Study 4 Readings (.docx, 1160K) 1 mb document WALL STREET JOURNAL Volkswagen Emissions Investigation Zeroes In on Two Engineers Company investigation focuses on two men elevated after Winterkorn was made CEO ENLARGE Ulrich Hackenberg and Wolfgang Hatz, among the engineers suspended in the investigation of the VW emissions cheating scandal, are viewed as two of the best and brightest engineers in German industry. Above, a VW factory in Chengdu, China. PHOTO: AFP/GETTY IMAGES

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By WILLIAM BOSTON Updated Oct. 5, 2015 4:10 a.m. ET WOLFSBURG, Germany—Two top Volkswagen engineers who found they couldn’t deliver as promised a clean diesel engine for the U.S. market are at the center of a company probe into the installation of engine software designed to fool regulators, according to people familiar with the matter. The two men, Ulrich Hackenberg, Audi’s chief engineer, and Wolfgang Hatz, developer of Porsche’s Formula One and Le Mans racing engines, were among the engineers suspended in the investigation of the emissions cheating scandal that sank the company’s market value by 43% since Sept.