Exposure: From President to Whistleblower at Olympus by Michael Woodford (Paperback, 2013)
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Yet his every attempt at investigation was blocked. Losing his job, facing a cover up and possible threats to his life, Woodford fled the country. He fought back. Risking everything, Woodford went on the offensive.
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Michael Woodford was a company man. He'd risen through the ranks of giant Japanese firm Olympus to become CEO. But just weeks into the job in Tokyo he came across allegations of enormous fraud. Yet his every attempt at investigation was blocked. Losing his job, facing a cover up and possible threats to his life, Woodford fled the country. Then he did something Olympus didn't expect. He fought back. Risking everything, Woodford went on the offensive. He exposed the crimes at the company's heart, brought down those who tried to silence him - and became a hero. 'Woodford relates, at Grisham-like pace, how he stumbled upon a $1.7bn fraud that he, unlike his fellow board members, refused to hide. He is one of the few foreign businessmen to have penetrated deep inside a Japanese corporation and to report back unflinchingly.' Financial Times 'Woodford triumphs with a pacey narrative and a storyteller's eye for detail. A fine book by a fine man who did the right thing.' The Times 'When Woodford turned whistleblower, he set off a tumult unlike anything that the cosseted world of Japanese business had seen.' The New York Times 'Remarkable. Vivid, angry and straight from the heart.' Mail on SundayProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241963616
eBay Product ID (ePID)152701337
Product Key Features
Book TitleExposure: from President to Whistleblower at Olympus
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicAccounting, Criminology, Business
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichael Woodford
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight191 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMichael Woodford
Topic AreaBusiness Informatics
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- 16 Jan, 2020
This is an eye opener for those considering in working or investing Japan.
This book cover the directors fraud that almost cost the Olympus company everything. Olympus in the UK may be best known for the cameras, but the real business is the medical products and this where the firms core profits are rooted. With almost 40,000 employees, the directors risked everything just to hide the shame of losses.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Sep, 2019
An inspirational story
An inspirational story for anyone who has even been, or is considering being a whistle blower.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Jan, 2019
Good book
Highly recommendedVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
