Diageo is an ethically-oriented multinational, it’s a producer and distributor of alcohol drinks. This year tax evasion is marked by investigation.
In 2007 the company was chosen for the top three of the companies with the best ethical reputation. In 2009 the whiskey Johnnie Walker has become Dutch domain so due to the transfer, employees in the Scottish Kilmarnock lost their job only for the profits of Diageo. Moreover, taxes were paid to foreign authorities, not to the UK so the tax gap was created... According Diageo the problem is that they don’t know where to pay the taxes, in the country they distribute or where the headquarters are.
In 2007 there was a similar unethical scandal in South-Korea. The company had been accused of illegal business, it sold whiskey to unlicensed wholesalers who didn’t pay any taxes...
Can we still say Diageo is an ethical company ?!
Justine De Kinder
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