The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico

David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab, The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico. The New York Times, 17 December 2012. (This is Part Two of a two-part series. Part One: Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle.) “Wal-Mart Abroad: A retail giant fueled growth with bribes. Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited…”

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

David Barstow, Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle. The New York Times, 21 April 2012. “Wal-Mart Abroad: How a retail giant fueled growth with bribes. Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out wrongdoing, an examination by The New York Times found.” (This is Part One of a two-part series. Part Two: The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico.)

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