{"product_id":"faster-higher-farther-the-inside-story-of-the-volkswagen-scandal","title":"Faster, Higher, Farther: The Inside Story of the Volkswagen Scandal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ewing, Jack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Corgi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 17-05-2018\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780552173100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e A shocking exposé of Volkswagen’s fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nUpdated with a New Afterword by the Author.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs lawsuits and criminal investigations piled up, by August 2016 VW had settled with American regulators and car-owners for $15 billion, with additional fines and claims still looming.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs the future of one of the world’s biggest companies remains uncertain, this is the extraordinary story of Volkswagen’s downfall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780552173100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.9 x 5.0 x 1.1 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corgi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50242649456944,"sku":"Trans_9780552173100","price":1360.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81flfUmlw0L.jpg?v=1761290576","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/faster-higher-farther-the-inside-story-of-the-volkswagen-scandal","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}