​VW Discovered That Its Engineers Had Developed a Software Program

question 40

Multiple Choice

​VW discovered that its engineers had developed a software program that allowed some of its car models to run without emissions controls except when the cars were undergoing emissions testing.The company goal was to reduce emissions and maintain fuel efficiency.The falsification of emissions data is a federal crime.Which of the following ethical resolution models would have helped VW employees analyze their conduct better as they were developing this software?

• A)​Wall Street Journal model
• B)​ethical relativism
• C)Blanchard/Peale model
• D)"front page of the newspaper test"​

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