to discuss, we are joined by sandra sucher, a professor at harvard business school has published a case on recruit. she joins us now from cambridge, massachusetts. recruit owns u.s. names like indeed, glass door, japan's top dining portal, for example. give us a little history on this company and how it got to where it is today. sandra: the story about recruit actually really starts with a scandal. this is a scandal of massive proportions. the company was founded in 1960. around the mid-1980's, its ceo gave shares of a stock that was about to go public in its subsidiary to about 70 government officials and high-ranking executives. news of this scandal broke in 1988 and it was a sensation. it caused the resignation of the japanese prime minister and his entire cabinet. it brought down another 150 people with them. it is still in the schoolbooks in japan. in fact, the first thing that someone says when you say recruit is, oh, the scandal. this is how the company had a coming-of-age moment that was unlike that of most other companies. i think the first thing you should know about recruit i