An executive from correspondence education giant [and parent company of Berlitz and Simul] Benesse Corp. faces punishment after he punched a middle manager during a meeting last month, the company said.
The executive, a 53-year-old man whose name has not been released, has apologized to the lower-ranking manager who he hit.
But Benesse Corp. officials said that the executive will be punished strictly, including a possible demotion, within the end of the month because his behavior was not appropriate for a company that deals so much in education.
The executive at the center of the incident was in charge of overseeing Benesse’s businesses related to high school and university education.
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