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Toshiba Accounting Scandal

Toshiba is caught in an accounting scandal after overstating its profits by $1.2bn. Plus, editors resign from a top gossip site Gawker after a controversial article is pulled.

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba is caught in an accounting scandal after overstating its profits by $1.2bn over six years. It's the latest in a series of big corporate scandals in Japan, putting further pressure on the government to change the way corporations are run. But how did the auditors miss it? One expert tells us it wouldn't be the first time.

Two senior editors at New York-based gossip website Gawker have resigned after a controversial article was taken down. There have been claims business executives were allowed to influence editorial decisions, but could this mark a turning point for the sorts of content published on such sites? Media expert Jeff Jarvis tells us he thinks the internet is "growing up".

We find out about the power, and problems, of disruptive talent in the workplace - the mavericks who create corporate giants but ruffle more than a few feathers along the way.

And entrepreneur August Turak tells us about the lessons in life and business he learnt from Trappist monks. He's joined throughout by Tianjie Ma from Greenpeace China.

(Photo: President of Toshiba, Hisao Tanaka. Credit: AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGIKAZUHIRO NOGI/Getty Images)

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Tue 21 Jul 2015 00:05GMT

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