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日常產(chǎn)品背后匪夷所思的科學(xué)事實(shí)
Toshiba Bosses Quit Over $1.2bn Profit Scandal
東芝公司總裁因虛報利潤丑聞而辭職
From TVs in the 80s to nuclear power now and perhaps the robots of the future, for 140 years Toshiba has been big in the technology of the moment, but now the company finds itself in trouble for fudging its accounts over a period of many years, leaving a billion dollar hole in the books.
從80年代的電視機(jī)到現(xiàn)在的核能,或許還有將來的機(jī)器人,擁有140年悠久歷史的東芝公司在科技史上畫上濃墨重彩的一筆 。但是現(xiàn)在,該公司因多年來虛報帳目而陷入困境,其利潤虛報高達(dá)10億美元 。
Senior managers including the chief executive Hisao Tanaka say they are sorry and have stepped down.
包括總裁田中久雄(Hisao Tanaka)在內(nèi)的幾位高管表示,他們對此感到抱歉,并已引咎辭職 。
"We are taking what has happened very seriously, and we'd like to apologize from our hearts to the shareholders and to all the stakeholders."
“我們非常重視這件事情,我們真誠地向股東和所有利益相關(guān)者道歉 。”
Toshiba initially said that profit was overstated by 280 million pounds,that's 55 billion yen, but that figure tripled when an external investigation revealed that the account was off by 780 million pounds. While the probe acknowledged that management set unrealistic profit targets after the financial crash. It also claimed the accounting irregularities were 'skillfully' hidden from those outside the firm. No charges have been filed against those at the top, but the company urgently needs a whole new management team, financial experts say that competition from rivals and a culture of "keeping quiet" helped create the scandal.
東芝公司最初表示利潤被虛報2.8億英鎊,也就是550億日元 。但是外部調(diào)查披露賬簿存在7.8億英鎊的虛空,該數(shù)字變成了早先數(shù)字的三倍 。調(diào)查承認(rèn),金融危機(jī)過后,管理層設(shè)置了不切實(shí)際的利潤目標(biāo) 。會計(jì)違規(guī)操作有技巧地規(guī)避了公司外的人 。目前還未對公司高層提起控告,但是該公司迫切需要組建全新的管理團(tuán)隊(duì) 。金融專家表示,對手的競爭和“保持緘默”的公司文化導(dǎo)致了這起丑聞的發(fā)生 。
"The whistle blowing is very very difficult for the Japanese people, what would you do if your promotion or your job itself is at stake? On top of that there is, compared to the UK or other parts of the world, changing job is not easy in Japan."
“告密對日本民眾來說是非常困難的事情,如果你的升職機(jī)會甚至工作職位本身都岌岌可危,你會怎么做?除此之外,與英國和世界其他國家相比,在日本換工作并不容易 。”
But these old practices will have to change if Toshiba is to rebuild its brand name.
但是如果東芝想要重建品牌名聲,就必須改變這些惡習(xí) 。
Poppy Trowbridge, Sky News.
Poppy Trowbridge,天空新聞 。