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Bettering Business

In admitting broader cheating, Volkswagen also cops to a culture of fear

Efforts to discover who was responsible for misconduct at the German carmaker have been hampered by a culture of silence and a fear of delivering bad news to superiors. Source: Volkswagen Says Whistle-Blower Pushed It to Admit Broader Cheating – The New York Times What are your people afraid of? Read more…

By Chris Oestereich, 5 years5 years ago
Bettering Business

VW’s Cheat Was Not Ingenious

An article by Jeffrey Liker over on the HBR site “Assessing the Sins of Volkswagen, Toyota, and General Motors,” got under my skin, so I thought I ought to respond to a few of the ideas/claims made therein. Here’s the first one: It does seem to me that if one were Read more…

By Chris Oestereich, 5 years5 years ago
Bettering Business

The CSR Commitment Pyramid – A Refresher for the Folks at VW

I drew up the CSR Commitment Pyramid a few years ago in trying to give order to the ideas expressed in a Harvard Business Review article by Michael Porter and Mark R. Kramer.  The revelations around Volkswagen’s emissions fiasco felt like a good impetus for a refresher. Here’s a quick Read more…

By Chris Oestereich, 5 years5 years ago
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