Can a Corrupt Company Be Green? The Volkswagen Scandal

Jack Ewing, Germany correspondent for The New York Times and author of “Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World’s Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud” (W.W. Norton 2017), explains how a win-at-all-costs company culture made a mockery of Volkswagen’s claims to be environmentally conscious—and why Volkswagen is a cautionary tale for any corporation striving to be socially responsible.

Cosponsored by Program in Environmental Studies, Franklin Environmental Center, Department of German, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs,  Department of Economics, and Meet the Press.