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Subject:Re: VW, honour, and culture
From:Raymond Markett
Date:Wed, 23 Sep 2015 21:11:26 -0700

Does that mean we trump them and laugh or do we take consolation in the accountability?

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> On Sep 23, 2015, at 6:29 PM, James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Winterkorn's resignation illustrates one of those cultural divides that separates Canada and the US from Europe and Asia.
> 
> Winterkorn is hardly the first German CEO or higher-up to resign when something like this happens - it's a matter of honour, and taking responsibility.  You see the same behaviour in Japanese CEOs, and elsewhere in Europe and Asia.
> 
> Whereas North American CEOs hardly ever resign over such things....
> 
> James
> Ottawa, ON
> 
>> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:58:13 -0500
>> From: jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM
>> Subject: VW
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> 
>> VW Germanyhas really stepped into it with this software debacle.  Bad
>> enough to get the CEO to resign.
>> 
>> That's quite something.
>> 
>> John