[SystemSafety] The VW Saga - 30 managers...

[Matthew Squair]

Well, 'mistakes were made but not by me' does seem to be the standard
refrain in such circumstances. :)

People do seem to have an amazing ability for self deception and self
justification when dealing with situations of cognitive dissonance. That
seems to be just how we roll as human beings.

Matthew Squair

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On 16 Oct 2015, at 2:52 AM, "Chuck_Petras at selinc.com" <
Chuck_Petras at selinc.com> wrote:

What an environment this must be to work in. Having this 'Sword of
Damocles' hanging over their heads every day. Coming in to work in the
morning and wondering - while ones workstation boots - if today is going to
be the day...

> the "expensive exhaust cleaning" should have made "any engine developer
> suspicious" that things were not as being claimed


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From:        Peter Bernard Ladkin <ladkin at rvs.uni-bielefeld.de>
To:        systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de,
Date:        10/14/2015 11:27 PM
Subject:        Re: [SystemSafety] The VW Saga - 30 managers...
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On 2015-10-15 00:28 , Chuck_Petras at selinc.com wrote:
> "AT LEAST 30 Volkswagen managers played a role in using software to cheat
on emissions testing
> on more than 10 million diesel cars, Der Spiegel reports."
>
> Dozens of Managers Were Involved in VW’s Diesel Scandal
> <
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/dozens-of-managers-were-involved-in-vws-diesel-scandal/
>

The Spiegel article (in German) is largely just titbits, but interesting
nonetheless, at
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/volkswagen-dutzende-manager-in-vw-skandal-verwickelt-a-1057741.html
- -

The investigation is being conducted by VW itself along with the
international law firm Jones Day.
Someone with knowledge of the investigation says there could be more
involved than those
identified already. The managers identified are being put on leave.

The engine has been used in production cars for seven years, and has been
tested many times during
this period, in various different car models, to determine that it fulfils
the emissions
requirements. A "VW-Manager" told Der Spiegel that the apparent situation
that the engine
fulfilled the emissions requirements without the "expensive exhaust
cleaning" should have made
"any engine developer suspicious" that things were not as being claimed.

Der Spiegel noted that a similar situation happened at the beginning of the
Siemens bribery
scandal a few years ago. At the beginning it was said that just "a few
people" were involved, but
later quite a few Board members had to relinquish their posts. There is a
resume of this scandal
and its consequences at
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/recovering-business-trust-siemens

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Faculty of Technology, University of Bielefeld,
33594 Bielefeld, Germany
Je suis Charlie
Tel+msg +49 (0)521 880 7319  www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de




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