What The Foxtrot Is Going On At Nissan?
Like most modern corporations, car companies tend to be extremely opaque. Only rarely do non-insiders like us get a peek behind the PR curtains of a major automaker, and when we do, we have to wonder...
View ArticleVolkswagen to Announce Whistleblower Amnesty Deadline
Volkswagen will announce Thursday a deadline for whistleblowers to come forward with information related to the ongoing diesel scandal without reprisal. According to the CBC, German newspaper...
View ArticleAutomaker Whistleblower Protection Act Rewards Do-gooders, But There’s A Catch
Buried deep within the recently passed highway transportation funding act is a provision to incentivize whistleblowers to speak out against automakers who design serious safety flaws in the cars that...
View ArticleCompany Whistleblower Behind Latest Recall of 240,000 Hyundai, Kia Vehicles
He lost his job for it, but Kim Gwang-ho, a 25-year Hyundai veteran at the automaker’s Seoul, South Korea facility, knew he needed to speak out. The engineer blew the whistle on his employer, reporting...
View ArticleFCA Claims Bigland Doesn’t Qualify for Whistleblower Protection
Reid Bigland, head of Ram Trucks and the man in charge of sales reporting at FCA, recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against FCA US LLC for significantly cutting his pay after he talked to the SEC...
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