Volkswagen Group of America Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Stephanie Davis said halfway through the monitorship, “We are aware of the fear in our culture right now. That is something we are tackling, but it’s not something that fixes overnight.”

Now the monitorship is finished. How does one measure whether fear exists in a workplace culture in continuing recovery?

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...