“Integrity is everyone’s business.” What exactly do we mean by integrity? Why is it a fundamental component of our TOGETHER – Strategy 2025? And in what way do credibility and transparency help us to attract the best minds of tomorrow? An essay by Hiltrud Werner, member of the Board of Management for Integrity and Legal Affairs. Text: Hiltrud Werner | Illustrations: Mario Wagner Hiltrud Werner, born in Bad Doberan, Germany, in 1966, is an economics graduate. She became Senior Vice President Corporate Audit at MAN SE in 2011, and was appointed Head of Group Auditing at Volkswagen AG in 2016. She has been member of the Board of Management for Integrity and Legal Affairs since February 1, 2017. N 78 ever in its history has the V olkswagen Group been the focus of public criticism on the scale triggered by the diesel crisis. We are faced with two challenges simultaneously: we must permanently win back lost trust; and at the same time, we must take the radical transformation process in the Group ushered in by the TOGETHER – Strategy 2025 decisively forward. Integrity plays a key role for both challenges. But what exactly do we mean by integrity? And why exactly is it so vitally important for TOGETHER – Strategy 2025? The answer is: because integrity is everyone’s business and affects us all. In all brands, regions,
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