The global consultancy was accused of bribing foreign government officials. A former senior partner pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.
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McKinsey Charged in South African Corruption Case
The South African branch of the global consulting firm has been charged in a corruption scandal related to its work with the country’s state-owned freight rail and port operator.
Your Friday Briefing: A Major U.S. Climate Ruling
Plus Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong and Ukraine takes back Snake Island.
Macron Goes on Defensive Over Use of McKinsey and Other Consultants
President Emmanuel Macron’s opponents have criticized the French government for paying at least a billion dollars last year to private consulting firms.
At McKinsey, Widespread Furor Over Work With Planet’s Biggest Polluters
A letter signed by more than 1,100 employees has called for change at the consulting firm, which has advised at least 43 of the 100 most environmentally damaging companies.
Global Shortages During Coronavirus Reveal Failings of Just in Time Manufacturing
Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories.
Head of McKinsey Is Voted Out as Firm Faces Reckoning on Opioid Crisis
Partners decided not to keep Kevin Sneader in the top job. Weeks earlier, McKinsey had reached a historic settlement agreement in the U.S. over its advice to drugmakers.
Your Tuesday Briefing
England’s cautious steps toward normalcy.
France Hired McKinsey for Its Covid Vaccine Rollout. Then Came the Questions.
After previously undisclosed contracts were revealed, the company has become a magnet for criticism in France’s vaccine rollout.
How U.S. Firms Helped Africa’s Richest Woman Exploit Her Country’s Wealth
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former president, built an empire in a country mired in corruption. Western consultants were her advisers.