Showing posts with label Olympus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympus. Show all posts

10/12 3 guided Olympus' loss-hiding / Exchanged over 2,000 e-mails with firm execs; received 1.1 bil. yen


Members of a third-party investigation panel set up by Olympus Corp. speak at a press conference on Tuesday.
Three former employees of securities companies who instructed Olympus Corp. how to hide losses exchanged more than 2,000 e-mails with Olympus executives and received over 1.1 billion yen in compensation, according to a report by the company's third-party investigation panel.
The report revealed details about the role the three men played in the optical equipment manufacturer's concealment of losses by transferring deficits to overseas funds and acquiring foreign companies.


26/11 オリンパスの市場への責任


2011/11/26付

 巨額の損失隠し問題に揺れるオリンパスのウッドフォード元社長が来日し、同社の取締役会で経営刷新の必要を訴えた。すでにオリンパスは、不正を主導したとされる菊川剛前会長兼社長ら3人の辞任を発表している。不正を知りながら止めなかった取締役が他にもいるようならば、その責任も厳しく問うべきだ。

11/11 オリンパス、預金水増しで損失隠す


第三者委調査で判明、1300億円資産計上 時価会計導入を機に 

2011/11/11付
 オリンパスが証券投資の損失を隠していた問題で、不正な経理操作の手口が10日、同社の第三者委員会の調査で明らかになった。含み損を抱えた資産を「飛ばし」で切り離し、その一方でオリンパス本体の預金や有価証券を水増し計上する形でつじつまを合わせていた。損失を隠した資産はピークの2005年3月期末には1300億円超に達し、企業買収に絡む支出で穴埋めした。現在までに損失処理は終了したもよう。同社の上場維持を巡る判断にも影響を与える可能性がある。(関連記事総合、経済1面に)
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22/10 Corporate governance in Japan: Olympian depths


What the Olympus saga says about corporate governance in Japan

“THIS is a referendum on modern-day corporate Japan,” fumes Michael Woodford, a Brit cast down from the heights of Olympus, a Japanese camera maker. Mr Woodford was ousted as the company’s president on October 14th, after barely six months in the job. Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the 71-year-old chairman, blasted him for failing to hew to Japanese cultural practices. The board voted unanimously at a ten-minute meeting where Mr Woodford was not allowed to speak. Take a bus to the airport, he was told.