The Olympus scandal of 2011-2012 – when investigations in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the US revealed that company executives falsified accounts to hide losses of ¥117.7 billion – is a watershed example of a traditional closed corporate culture coming up against international scrutiny. As the full extent of the cover-up was revealed, foreign investors, like GIC Private Limited (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund), rebelled.
2011—2012年的奥林巴斯丑闻是传统封闭型公司文化与国际监督的碰撞的分水岭事件。日本、英国和美国的调查发现奥林巴斯高管做假账隐瞒1,17.7亿日元亏损。丑闻的盖子被揭开后，新加坡政府投资公司（GIC Private Limited，新加坡的主权财富基金）等外国投资者反应强烈。