The committee found that government departments were avoiding their obligations to produce information to strict standards by listing them as "management information" or "administrative data" instead of as official statistics.

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The Japanese had their technology, their management style, their strict adherence to national ethic and focused, organized capitalism.

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The process left the companies weighted with crushing debt loads, which was thought to be a good thing as it prevented management from embarking on wild spending sprees and ensured strict financial discipline (conversely, it also limited innovation and growth).

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Management leads extensive workshops to explore with the staff what is required of them beyond the strict wording of the Dow Jones code.

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