{"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                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 17 May 2018\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Transworld Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA shocking exposé of Volkswagen’s fraud by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter who covered the scandal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpdated with a New Afterword by the Author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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\u003cbr\u003eAs 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\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFaster, Higher, Farther\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003eWith unprecedented access to key players and a ringside seat during the course of the legal proceedings, \u003ci\u003eFaster, Higher, Farther\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003eAs 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                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 324g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 197 x 127 x 29 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780552173100                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Ewing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44105415819514,"sku":"9780552173100","price":12.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/b07d8782b11d0e278f151db84dc78b78.jpg?v=1629862266","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/faster-higher-farther-the-inside-story-of-the-volkswagen-scandal","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}