Beauty products and cosmetics direct seller Avon has suspended
four employees in relation to an internal investigation into its
operations in China. According to Reuters, Avon asked three of its executives
in Asia and one in New York to take “an administrative
leave of absence” pending the results of the investigation
into bribery allegations. The probe began in June 2008 when Avon
opened a case looking at “improper expenses for items like
travel and entertainment on behalf of a Chinese government
official”.
The Guardian is calling this “money for old
rope” and we agree-Mike Jeffries, the chief exec of US
preppy fashion chain Abercrombie & Fitch, will
receive a $4 million lump sum for agreeing to take fewer personal
trips on the company’s corporate jet. According to the article,
Jeffries has already been voted one of America’s most overpaid
bosses.
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