Fake News, Knowledge Management and Volkswagen case study

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: 70.0%, University of Leicester, language: English, abstract: Publishing articles, reports with the intention of misinforming others has being around for centuries. Business firms have established position to make statements about social worlds that function as true such as press releases and annual financial reports. Thus, information published by these companies are treated with high degree of trustworthiness which in return companies use to mislead customers, investors and Governments in order to maximize profit. The essay will look at the recent Volkswagen scandal as a case study.