Olympus Accounting Problems

[Nahant]

I found this article and thought that it might be of interest to some people on this forum.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/11/olympus-camera-scandal-illegal-payments-japan-corporate-disgrace.html

Matt

[Mark Gayman]

Ask a mathematician what 2 + 2 is and he/she will say "4".

Ask a statistician what 2 + 2 is and he/she will say "95% of all observed values of 2 + 2 are between 3.9 and 4.1".

Ask an electrical engineer what 2 + 2 is and he/she will say "4, plus or minus 20%".

Ask an accountant what 2 + 2 is and he/she will invite you into his/her office, close the door, close the window shades, and say "what do you want it to be?"