When news of Volkswagen’s clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world. Overnight, the company long associated with quality, reliability and trust became a universal symbol of greed and deception. Consumers were outraged, investors panicked, the company embarrassed and facing bankruptcy.
As lawsuits and criminal investigations piled up, żeby August 2016 VW had settled with American regulators and car-owners for $15 billion, with additional fines and claims still looming.
In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the scandal. He describes VW’s rise from "the people’s car" during the Nazi era to one of Germany’s most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being "green." He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch and chief executive Martin Winterkorn, arguing that their unremitting ambition drove employees, working feverishly in pursuit of impossible sales targets, to illegal methods.
With unprecedented access to key players and a ringside seat during the course of the legal proceedings, Faster, Higher, Farther reveals how the succeed-at-all-costs culture prevalent in modern boardrooms led to one of corporate history’s farthest-reaching cases of fraud—with potentially devastating consequences.
ISBN: 9780552173100
Kod paskowy: 9780552173100
Autorzy: Ewing Jack
Rok wydania: 2018
Kod wydawcy: 30887
ilość stron: 434
Oprawa: Miękka
PKWiU: 58.11
Format: 12.5x19.5cm
Głębokość (mm): 3
Waga: 0.324
Języki: angielski
Grupa towarowa: Książka
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