{"id":90231,"date":"1999-12-31T00:10:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/scandal-at-toshiba-deepenspc-subsidiaries-fudged-numbers-oz-ceo-fails-to-respond\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:10:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:10:00","slug":"scandal-at-toshiba-deepenspc-subsidiaries-fudged-numbers-oz-ceo-fails-to-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/scandal-at-toshiba-deepenspc-subsidiaries-fudged-numbers-oz-ceo-fails-to-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandal At Toshiba Deepens,PC Subsidiaries Fudged Numbers OZ CEO Fails To Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The scandal at Toshiba has deepened with independent investigators revealing that subsidiaries of the giant Japanese Company were asked to overstate operating profits.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Mark Whittard the CEO of Toshiba Australia has not responded to our question as to whether Toshiba Australia has ever overstated their income or profits or pushed forward sales in an effort to report better than achieved results.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">It&#8217;s now been revealed that three consecutive Toshiba chief executives fuelled more than $1.7 billion in dodgy accounting reports an independent panel hired by the company said last night in Japan.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The report that is likely to lead to wholesale changes at the top.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The report said that the investigators discovered problems in multiple parts of the company including the personal-computer division, and the semiconductor business, which has recently been Toshiba&#8217;s biggest profit maker.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The investigators found that the 140-year-old company, one of Japan&#8217;s best-known corporate brands, had lax controls and a top-down culture that left managers little choice but to fudge their numbers, by setting unrealistic profit targets and demanding that subordinates meet them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The Wall Street Journal said that the panel, which was led by a former top prosecutor in Japan who got help from dozens of outside lawyers and accountants, reviewed income statements from 2008 to 2014.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">&#8220;There was a corporate culture at Toshiba under which it was impossible to go against the intentions of superiors,&#8221; the report said.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">&#8220;Toshiba should have been a model for other companies,&#8221; it said. &#8220;Instead, improper accounting procedures involving extremely large amounts were continuously carried out. The fact that this has come to light is truly a surprise and has the effect of betraying the trust of many stakeholders.&#8221;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The report singled out three chief executives-the current holder of the job, Hisao Tanaka, and his two predecessors, Norio Sasaki (2009-13) and Atsutoshi Nishida (2005-09).<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">All three pressured managers to achieve high sales targets, especially in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the report said. 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