10/15/15 Risk Management begins with the question “Is there some event that can shut down our company?” Volkswagen seems to have missed the answer to that question. We wonder if someone at VW asked “what’s the worst that can happen if we manipulate emissions test results?”   Today, VW is finding out the answer to that question, with potentially the largest claims ever on a company. There is a lesson here for all companies to seriously consider “what’s the worst that can happen?”