Mathias Müller needs to act quickly to bring back the trust of VW's customers, government regulators and even civil society and should consider offering cash incentives to adjust the car's software for full pollution control all the time.

Ethics must be based on principles and integrity must be aligned with these principles. Hence something has failed at Volkswagen... I have been always been impressed by Volkswagen's ads for their "intelligent humor." Unfortunately, the engineers of the German automotive group have not learned anything from their colleagues in marketing. I don't know if they…

The CEO of an important financial institution in Kenya told me once, “If the head of the family isn’t well, then the whole family stops to look at this guy who isn’t well. Now if he isn’t well then the kids are not going to school, and if they aren’t going to school then their…

In a second post on the unfolding VW scandal the troubled history and doubtful future of diesel technology is explored.