Corporate reputation is critical, yet 67% of board directors fail to speak up in the face of entirely foreseeable crises.

FRC to pursue exam cheats; Porsche Volkswagen disagreement over Blume; FRC sets out stall for 2023 inspections; are you in ‘goblin mode’?

Surveillance of home workers; Davos in Saudi Arabia; German ‘impact investors’; VW challenged on climate; HSBC’s ‘misleading’ adverts.

Oliver Blume will succeed Herbert Diess, who has agreed to resign; Blume remains chair of the board at VW brand Porsche.

An analysis of the effects of a wide variety of business scandals shows that only rarely is the effect as severe as we might imagine.

VW has recovered €270m from insurers over the diesel emissions scandal, raising questions about the implications for corporate governance.

Report says VR and AR could play “a useful role in supporting and building understanding about a company, its business model and operations”.

Surveys reveal that UK employees are becoming less ethical, while their counterparts in Europe are under rising pressure to compromise their ethics. What to do?

Major investment adviser wants shareholders to vote against new Volkswagen board appointments, and an independent and analytical review of the carmaker’s plan to improve its culture and governance.

Given the magnitude of the wrongdoing surrounding emissions tests at Volkswagen, where were all the whistleblowers?