Perspective
Oct. 8, 2015
Time for some individual accountability in auto industry
After the financial scandals of the early 2000s, measures were taken to force executives to take individual responsibility for certain acts. Auto execs, however, still have free rein. By Jonathan Michaels
In 2009, Volkswagen Group sat as the third-largest automaker in the world, trailing
behind long-time leaders Toyota and General Motors in the heated race for automotive
supremacy. The company had come a long way from its ominous beginning in 1937, when
it created the "people's car" under the governmental control of the Third Reich.
The fact that Volkswa...
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