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Michael Woodford - Former CEO, Olympus

Michael Woodford - Former CEO, Olympus

The Interview vor 13 Jahren

Zeinab Badawi speaks to British businessman Michael Woodford, former CEO of Olympus.

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Zeinab Badawi speaks to the British businessman Michael Woodford,
who rose to become chief-executive of one of the most iconic
Japanese companies - the camera and medical equipment maker,
Olympus.

He then exposed fraud at the heart of its leadership and was
sacked after 30 years of service. Three bosses of the Tokyo-based
company subsequently admitted he was right and it emerged they
had hidden $1.7 billion in investment losses, dating back to the
1990s.

What does his case tell us about business culture, corporate
scandals and whistle-blowing today?