Oct 08, 2009 - 7:07 AM EDT
Shaun Rein of the China Market Research Group submits: This column originally appeared in Forbes.
It happened to Coca-Cola (KO) on September 14 and to Rio Tinto (RTP)a month before. Even the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has been hit. The Chinese government has now investigated employees at all three of those companies in high-profile corruption cases. At Coke, a bottling plant employee was accused of taking $1.5 million in bribes.
Source: Seeking Alpha (Oct 08, 2009 - 7:07 AM EDT)