Category: Coca Cola

Coca-Cola Diversity Policy Risks Violating Anti-Discrimination Laws, Shareholders Warn

A group of Coca-Cola shareholders are warning that the company’s recent diversity policy would actually require contracted law firms to violate anti-discrimination laws. In a letter dated June 11, the American Civil Rights Project (ACRP) noted that on Jan. 28, the general counsel of Coca-Cola demanded law firms seeking to keep the company as a client…


Former Coca-Cola Employee Convicted of Stealing $120 Million Worth of Trade Secrets to Sell in China

A Chinese-born American chemist was found guilty on April 22 for her role in a scheme to steal trade secrets worth an estimated $120 million from American companies for the purpose of setting up a Chinese company that would manufacture the product for the global market. After a 12-day trial, 59-year-old You Xiaorong—also known as…


Georgia GOP Legislators Seek to Remove Coca Cola Products From Office Amid Voting Law Row

A group of Republican legislators from Georgia is seeking to remove all Coca-Cola Company products from their offices after the company’s top executive came out against the state’s newly enacted election law. The eight GOP state House representatives sent a letter to Kevin Perry, president and CEO of the Georgia Beverage Association, requesting that the products be…


Trump Calls for Boycott of MLB, Coca-Cola, Delta Over Opposition to Georgia Election Reforms

Former President Donald Trump on April 2 urged people to boycott Major League Baseball (MLB), Coca-Cola, Delta, and other corporations which are openly opposing election reforms enacted by Republicans in Georgia. “Baseball is already losing tremendous numbers of fans, and now they leave Atlanta with their All-Star Game because they are afraid of the Radical…


Coca-Cola’s New Guidelines to Penalize Outside Law Firms for Not Being Diverse Enough

Coca-Cola has rolled out new diversity guidelines for outside legal counsel, including requiring law firms to provide 30 percent of billed time from “diverse attorneys,” of which at least half must be African American. Bradley Gayton, general counsel for Coca-Cola, introduced the guidelines with a “heavy heart,” telling law firms in a Jan. 28 letter that…


Coca-Cola to Penalize Outside Law Firms for Not Being Diverse Enough

Coca-Cola has rolled out new diversity guidelines for outside legal counsel, including requiring law firms to provide 30 percent of billed time from “diverse attorneys,” of which at least half must be African American. Bradley Gayton, general counsel for Coca-Cola, introduced the guidelines with a “heavy heart,” telling law firms in a Jan. 28 letter that…


Coca-Cola Has Employees Train on How to ‘Be Less White’: Whistleblower

Coca-Cola employees are apparently required to take training on how to be “less white” to combat racism, according to photos posted online by an alleged whistleblower. It’s not exactly clear where the photos were captured. The images show training titled: “Confronting Racism. Understanding what it means to be white. Challenging what it means to be racist.”…