Is Volkswagen's Corporate Culture To Blame For The Emissions Scandal?

A car departs from an entrance gate at the Volkswagen factory and company headquarters on October 21, 2015 in Wolfsburg, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The European Parliament announced today that it will investigate the Volkswagen emissions scandal. It's just the latest piece of bad news for the German company. Robert Wright, U.S. industry correspondent for the Financial Times, talks with Here & Now’s Eric Westervelt about how the company culture there might have contributed to the emissions cheating.

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  • Robert Wright, U.S. industry correspondent for the Financial Times. He tweets @RKWinvisibleman.
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