engelberg - Toshiba
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ENGELBERG ESSAY GALLEYSFINAL
8/25/2016 11:36 AM
2016]
REIGNING IN A CULTURE OF FRAUD
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with up to 30% of penalties, damages, or fines recovered by the FSA.94 With a
scheme like this in place, a Toshiba whistleblower may have been entitled to
reward around $18 million USD. A number which may be enough to
encourage employees to break makato principles and report corporate
malfeasance. Which in turn, would make large scale accounting fraud difficult
for corporate executives to achieve.
Another potential for reform involves equating executive compensation
with company financial performance and success. Japan could benefit from
equating the corporate executive’s paycheck with the success or failure of the
company he or she manages. In Japan, the average CEO receives 60% of his or
her income from salary.95 While in the United States, the average CEO
receives only 10% of his or her income from salary.96 Incentivizing corporate
management through a shift in income source benefits corporate transparency
and also allows Japanese CEOs to reduce the gap in pay between their United
States counterparts earning, on average, 90% more.97 By changing how
Japanese upper management calculates income, it is possible to incentivize
managers into making responsible corporate decisions a priority.98
An amendment to the CGC requiring companies to link executive
compensation with company-wide financial success through stock options
could make this suggestion a reality. Furthermore, executives should be
required to forgo a portion of their compensation, in the form of a fine set by
the FSA, in the event that corporate misconduct is found to exist.99 Requiring
executives to internalize the successes and failures of their companies may
reduce the likelihood of fraud.
Finally, the FSA should work heavily with the TSE to develop a robust
framework of penalties for non-compliance with the corporate governance