Is It “the Real Thing”?

Most of us think about the Coca-Cola Company in a positive light because it continues to bring us what is arguably the tastiest soft drink around. One would expect that a company that describes itself on its website as “a company that exists to benefit and refresh everyone it touches” and has been so successful for years would have a corporate culture and code of ethics that matches this image. However, a closer look at the Coca-Cola Company, its corporate culture and allegations of corruption paint a less than rosy picture of the soft drink leader. A Coca-Cola employee named Matthew Whitley made a splash when he was fired on March 26, 2003 and then sued the Coca-Cola company a couple of months later for the large sum of $45 million dollars on the grounds that he had been fired in retaliation for raising concerns about accounting fraud and other misconduct. He was fired just five days after sending his allegations to the company's top lawyer. When......

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Title: Coke-Cola
Approximate Word Count: 2368
Approximate Pages: 10 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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