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Faster, Higher, Farther: The Inside Story Of The Volkswagen Scandal
A shocking expose of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal 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 by early 2017 VW had settled with regulators and car-owners for 20 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 Piech 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 As the future of one of the world's biggest companies remains uncertain this is the extraordinary story of Volkswagen's downfall
being "green" He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech 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 As the future of one of the world's biggest companies remains uncertain this is the extraordinary story of Volkswagen's downfall
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