/channels/taxonomy/term/14220/all en /channels/news/das-auto-now-what-255698 <p>The biggest automaker in the world admits it screwed up. Rigging emissions tests on its diesel cars will cost Volkswagen billions. But what's happened to car owners' trust?<br /> Our guest is <strong>Henry Mintzberg</strong>, a Cleghorn professor of management studies at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and author of <em>Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal Beyond, Left, Right, and Center. </em>He argues that what happened at Volkswagen was not a scandal, but a part of a pattern or syndrome.<a href="http://www.mintzberg.org/volkswagen"><br /></a></p> Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:37:32 +0000 webfull 112854 at /channels /channels/news/dont-call-it-scandal-volkswagen-corruption-syndrome-255657 <p><span>Written by </span><strong><span name="auto_lnk_name 12">Henry Mintzberg</span></strong></p> <p><span name="auto_lnk_name 12">What were they thinking? That’s the question on everyone’s mind as the Volkswagen crisis unfolds. That question makes a big assumption: that the company’s leaders were thinking about anything beyond their greed. About decency, about our environment, about their progeny.</span></p> <p><span name="auto_lnk_name 12"></span></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:59:03 +0000 webfull 112813 at /channels /channels/news/terence-corcoran-nobody-died-volkswagen-255658 <p><span>Poor old VW, caught in the giant pincers of the U.S. regulatory machine that keeps closing in on car markers and car drivers in the name of the climate and the environment. </span></p> Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:01:51 +0000 webfull 112814 at /channels /channels/news/how-volkswagen-scandal-reflects-entrenched-corporate-corruption-255677 <p>Written by <strong>Henry Mintzberg</strong></p> <p><strong></strong>‘What was Volkswagen thinking?’ This question makes a big assumption: that the Volkswagen people were thinking about anything beyond their greed. About decency, about our environment, about their progeny.</p> <p>Okay, so you won’t be buying a Volkswagen. A Chevrolet? Watch out for the ignition. Or how about a Toyota? Just duck as the airbag comes your way. Do you, by any chance, see a pattern? Have webeen thinking?</p> Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:23:42 +0000 webfull 112835 at /channels