{"id":55903,"date":"2015-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/llyc.global\/2015\/10\/02\/the-protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism-the-volkswagen-case-and-the-value-of-reputation\/"},"modified":"2015-10-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:00:00","slug":"the-protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism-the-volkswagen-case-and-the-value-of-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/llyc.global\/en\/ideas\/the-protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism-the-volkswagen-case-and-the-value-of-reputation\/","title":{"rendered":"The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. The Volkswagen case and the value of reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The image of a country reflects the prestige of its population, its companies and its natural resources. Sometimes the relationship between a company and its country of origin (and which, in a way, represents) is particularly close, as in the case of the Volkswagen<\/strong> brand and its “made in Germany”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thus, the recently uncovered scandal of Volkswagen is not only a blow to the reputation<\/strong> of the company, but has also resulted in a severe blow to Germany in general, and even for the global automotive industry, to which this incident could mean an acceleration in the pace of transformation.<\/p>\n

The discovery of a deliberate scheme to cheat on emissions of pollutants from diesel engines is a clear reputational crisis<\/strong>. Precisely for this reason, its consequences will be higher and more durable than those caused by an operating or financial problem. Those who question the financial impact of reputation should follow this case.<\/p>\n

In any case, the truth is that Volkswagen lost reputation the same day decided it to tweaking their engines<\/strong>. Now that the news has climbed globally, following steps come from instruction manual: admit mistakes, apologize, repair the damage and restore the reputation.<\/p>\n

We invite you to go deeper into the issue and its possible consequences in this report we have written\u00a0together with Arturo Pinedo , partner and managing director in Spain and Portugal Llorente & Cuenca<\/strong> and Juan Rivera, partner and CEO of Llorente & Cuenca in Mexico<\/strong> .<\/p>\n

We hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n

Guillermo M\u00e1ynez<\/a>, Senior Director of\u00a0LLORENTE\u00a0 & CUENCA in \u00a0Mexico \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luis Serrano Rodr\u00edguez,<\/a>\u00a0Director of the Crisis Area in\u00a0LLORENTE & CUENCA Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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