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Should Olympus bring back the whistleblower?

Simon Osborne
Olympus’s trip has cast a shadow over Japan Inc as British-born CEO Michael Woodford plots his next move. Tadashi Kageyama of Kroll reflects on investor lessons to be learned.
Should Olympus bring back the whistleblower?

Spilling the beans about a scandal cost Olympus’s British-born CEO Michael Woodford his job as the company's board of directors voted unanimously to oust him. He stepped down from the firm's board of directors on Thursday, rumoured to be a gambit in order to place him in a strategic position ultimately to return to his old job.

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