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Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM) Olympus Corp woes
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:22:04 -0600
The week the scandal broke, I wrote an article for www.zone-10.com
which outlined what I had perceived as a deeply imbedded dishonesty
throughout multiple tiers of Olympus. In it were numerous examples
which dated back to around 1990. In it I even named names.

Wisely, I chose NOT to publish it. I was already accused of dumping on
Olympus as it was and being an Olympus Hater. This article would have
pushed that over the edge. The article will never be published either
and been mostly dismantled (cut and paste for other things).

But, sadly, much of what I wrote has since been revealed to be true.

Two things I was taught many years ago:

1. Ask "why" five times.
2. Check your premise.

When something is not smelling right, ask "why" it isn't smelling
right. The answer given you ask "why" to again. Repeat this up to five
times and the root cause is usually found. So far, in this Olympus
scandal, the question has only been asked two or three times. We're
still not done yet.

Secondly, when something doesn't smell right, we need to check the
premise of what it is we are expecting it to smell like. Smelling
funky is fine if you work at the landfill, but not at the butcher's
shop. When the butcher is telling you to not worry about the smell,
you need to worry about the smell. When the bulldozer driver is
telling you that the rank odor at the landfill is normal, you don't
need to worry. At this point, Olympus (the butcher) is spraying a lot
of air-freshener around, but something is still rotting in the meat
case.

AG
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