Should Olympus bring back the whistleblower?

Spilling the beans about a scandal cost Olympus’s British-born CEO Michael Woodford his job as the company's board of directors voted unanimously to oust him. He stepped down from the firm's board of directors on Thursday, rumoured to be a gambit in order to place him in a strategic position ultimately to return to his old job. Would it be a loss of face for a Japanese company to admit it needs a foreigner to restore corporate credibility and discipline? Should it, could it, happe…