Not Good: Bad Acts, BIG Costs Issue #2 — Dieselgate: Ten Monkeys, One Beetle, and Cartoons
In Issue #2 of Not Good, Kevin Brenner examines Dieselgate — how Volkswagen’s defeat-device software, an industry-funded monkey exhaust study, and years of concealment from regulators produced over $25 billion in penalties, multiple prison sentences, and a lasting lesson in what happens when compliance risk becomes personal risk.