WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen said it has reinstated its former chief lobbyist after an internal investigation into his role in tests that exposed monkeys and humans to toxic diesel fumes found no evidence of wrongdoing.
In January Europe's largest automaker had suspended Thomas Steg, a former German government spokesman who took charge of external relations at Volkswagen in 2012, pending the investigation.
"Volkswagen management, as well as I personally, believe that it is part of good corporate culture that employees must be fully rehabilitated after being exonerated," VW's head of integrity and legal affairs, Hiltrud Werner, told reporters on Wednesday at the carmaker's base in Wolfsburg.
The company is continuing a broader investigation into all of its research projects.
A source at VW had said in January that 58-year-old Steg, as head of sustainability topics at the VW group, was not only in charge of the unit that had commissioned the tests but also had prior knowledge of the monkey experiments and had made no effort to stop them.
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