Tagged: emissions scandal

Daimler AG and Mercedes Benz Settle with US for $1.5 Billion for Emissions Cheating

The Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the California Resources Board  announced a joint settlement totaling roughly $1.5 billion with Daimler AG and its US subsidiary Mercedes Benz to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act and California law from the emissions cheating scandal. The EPA and CARB discovered the violations by conducting tests in the wake of the original Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal. ...

The VW Scandal: Insular Senior Management and Ethical Breakdowns

The Volkswagen scandal will be studied for years. One of many themes from the Volkswagen scandal will rest on the complete absence of any commitment to corporate governance. Volkswagen’s weird corporate structure (it is owned in large part by  a family) and labor and government interests resulted in a mish-mosh of influences that permitted the family to exercise almost unbridled control over corporate functions, leaving...