Ethicast: Dieselgate’s Ongoing Speak-Up Lesson

Ethicast: Dieselgate’s Ongoing Speak-Up Lesson

On September 3rd, Martin Winterkorn, former chief executive for German automaker Volkswagen, went on trial in Germany to face charges of perjury, market manipulation, and commercial fraud related to VW’s 2015 Dieselgate scandal. As the trial gets underway—nearly a decade after the scandal itself—Dieselgate is still providing E&C professionals with a valuable lesson on the importance of speak-up culture and how we can improve it within our own organizations.