Mitsubishi Electric announced on the 23rd that it has found fraudulent inspections at multiple factories, including a new factory in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Investigations by lawyers are scheduled to continue until next spring, and the question is whether it is possible to identify all fraud and radically reform the organizational culture.
On the 23rd, Mitsubishi Electric decided to dispose of 12 people, including reducing the remuneration of President Kei Urushima, in order to clarify the management responsibility of the executives at that time for a series of inspection frauds.
In addition, a committee made up of lawyers investigating a series of frauds published a second investigation report, revealing that a total of 29 frauds were found at five factories, including Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. ..
In addition, the report said that when employees tried to answer the questionnaire of the committee investigating the existence of fraud, there were multiple cases where the boss instructed to submit it to the company first, "I can not say anything. The climate still remains strong, "he pointed out the poor ventilation of the organization.
The investigation by the committee will continue until around April next year, but only 40% of the answers to the questionnaire that "there is a quality problem" are investigating the facts, and new fraud will be revealed in the future. There is also the possibility of becoming.
President Urushima said at a press conference on the night of the 23rd, "I want to get rid of inappropriate acts drastically," and reformed the organizational culture that was pointed out as being closed and "I can't say anything." The question is whether it can be done.