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Olympus whistleblower michael woodford to sign film deal telegraph. He also paints a devastating portrait of corporate japan an insular, hierarchydriven culture that prefers maintaining the status quo to exposing ugly truths. The announcement that woodford would become the next president of olympus was headline news. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. When michael woodford was made president and ceo of olympus, he became the first westerner ever to climb the ranks of one of japans corporate icons. Michael woodford exposed the dark heart of olympus. Woodford calls his own framework neowicksellian, and he titled his textbook on monetary. For a book with major themes of corporate governance, business and financial practices it is a surprisingly engaging read and isnt dry at all. Exposure by michael woodford penguin books australia. The book is a very personal account of woodford s experiences whistleblowing in a company he worked for for 30 years and the consequences of highlighting financial irregularities.
Michael christopher woodford, mbe born 12 june 1960 is a british businessman who was formerly president and coo april 2011 and ceo october 2011 of olympus corporation, a japanbased manufacturer of optics and reprography products joining olympus in 1981 and rising to manage its european operations, woodford was the first nonjapanese person to be appointed as the companys. The bestselling business book of 2012, now in paperback michael woodford was a company man. Exposure audiobook by michael woodford 9781469025247. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of michael woodford s autobiographical account, exposure. Some wondered at the appointment, how could a gaijin who didnt even speak japanese. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Hed risen through the ranks of giant japanese firm olympus to become ceo. The economist michael woodford took a considerable risk in exposing wrongdoing. The main problem of this book was that it should not include mr. His integrity makes him a welcome outlier in an age of financial scandal.
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Exposure, the story of a british whistleblower in japan. When michael woodford was made president ofolympus, the company to which he had dedicated thirty years of his career, hebecame the first westerner ever to climb the ranks of one of japans corporategiants. In exposure, a new book, the former chief of olympus of japan tells how he became a whistleblower after finding that the company was making questionable, moneylosing acquisitions. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Michael woodford is the man who was appointed ceo of japanese company olympus, only to be sacked soon afterwards when he tried to expose past wrong doing by fellow senior managers the fact that the press, other media and the shareholders outside japan were so solidly on his side is an indication. Michael christopher woodford, mbe born 12 june 1960 is a british businessman who was formerly president and coo april 2011 and ceo october 2011 of olympus corporation, a japanbased manufacturer of optics and reprography products joining olympus in 1981 and rising to manage its european operations, woodford was the first nonjapanese person to be appointed as the companys ceo in. Michael woodford has especially praised knut wicksells advocacy of using the interest rate to maintain price stability, noting that this was a remarkable insight at a time when most monetary policy was based on the gold standard woodford, 2003, p. More generally it gets to the heart of what is and what isnt ethical capitalism. Its also about the resistance of all his board colleagues and the japanese institutional investors.
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