Joe Palazzolo, Emily Glazer and Joann S Lublin, Prosecutors ask to meet Jung in Avon Bribe Probe. Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2012.
First three paragraphs:
"Federal prosecutors looking into possible bribery of foreign officials by Avon Products Inc. have asked to speak to Andrea Jung, the former chief executive and current full-time chairman, people familiar with the matter said.
"Prosecutors' specific reason for speaking to Ms Jung couldn't be determined, and is unclear when a meeting might take place. But their interest shows their investigation is reaching the highest level of the door-to-door beauty company.
"Prosecutors reached out to the former CEO through her lawyer, Theodore Wells Jr., a well-known defense attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP whom she hired in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. Ms Jung hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing.
My comment:
(a) 钟 彬娴
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E9%8D%BE%E5%BD%AC%E5%AB%BB
Born 1959 in Ontario, Canada and whose parents took her to Wellesley, Massachusetts when her father came to MIT to teach, Andrea JUNG is a magna cum laude 1979 graduate of Princeton University and fluent in Mandarin.
(b) The suspected oversea briberies of Avon employees include officials in China.
(c) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act
(d)
(i) Experience Avon's History. Avon Products, undated
http://www.avoncompany.com/aboutavon/history/index.html
("David H McConnell didn’t originally intend to create a beauty company. A traveling book salesman, he founded [the predecessor of] Avon in 1886 [in Manhattan] after realizing his female customers were far more interested in the free perfume samples he offered than in his books")
(ii) Kim Kenney, The History of Avon Products. eHow, undated
http://www.ehow.com/about_5032893_history-avon-products.html
("After his [founder's] death in 1937, his son took over the family business. The company changed its name to Avon in 1939 in honor of Shakespeare's hometown, Stratford-on-Avon")
(iii) There are several Rivers Avon in Englang alone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Avon
(River Avon (Old Brythonic abona, "river") is the name of many rivers)
The following is the one at issue:
River Avon (Warwickshire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Avon_(Warwickshire)
(e) There is no need to read the rest of the report. |