As Bloomberg puts it, Michael Woodford is “the well-spoken
middle aged Englishman. The gentleman had short, receding black hair, close-set
eyes, and a generous round chin.” This
is a pretty accurate description to Michael Woodford’s appearance, which I
would agree with. As to how Michael Woodford speaks, he speaks clearly and with
confidence. With mannerisms, he holds a
good posture, keeps his hands still and folded, showing a sense of his formal
attitude. The way he dresses, speaks, and his mannerisms are, would most likely
be influenced by having worked most of his life in the business world.
The claims made by Woodford do show
truth. The claims are valid as Woodford’s statements relate back to how the
scandal has caused chaos for the all parties (members who started fraud,
himself and people working for Olympus). His claim that if the members who
started the fraud had any sense of remorse for the company, they should then
understand to their wrong doings and resign, is highly credible. This is also
developed with how Woodford believes the guilty members as well as the current
board of Olympus care more about themselves than the company, as this will only
continue to hurt the company’s name more and realize they are affecting the
45,000 people currently working for Olympus. This is a strong point made which
plays on emotions of the public, by stating how a large innocent group of
employees being effected by this scandal. In the last claim, Woodford presents
himself as credible by hoping that Olympus will move on from this issue, hoping
for the better of the company as well as himself.
These claims are different from other
stakeholders as the other side is denying what Woodford states. This is seen
with Olympus and Kikuawa denial of irregular acquisitions. As Kikuawa and
Olympus has been constantly denying about hiding their losses since the 1990’s
there is are very different claims made, as the different stakeholders oppose
each other.
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