Over a year after Volkswagen wrapped its three-year U.S. compliance monitorship, the German auto giant is refusing to lean back. Chief Compliance Officer Kurt Michels shared how the company has intensified business partner due diligence at Compliance Week’s virtual Europe event.

“If you believe the monitorship was successful, and the monitor is telling you that you did a great job … if you are then relaxing and reducing your efforts, I believe you are making a big mistake,” said Michels during a fireside chat Tuesday.

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...