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Sunday, April 22, 2012

''Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle''

From NYTimes

"In September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive at the company’s largest foreign subsidiary, Wal-Mart de Mexico. In the e-mail and follow-up conversations, the former executive described how Wal-Mart de Mexico had orchestrated a campaign of bribery to win market dominance. In its rush to build stores, he said, the company had paid bribes to obtain permits in virtually every corner of the country."

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