Microsoft is using illegal bribes to do business. Why is the US government turning a blind eye?
Our latest Lioness story.
Dear Reader,
A Lioness story by Yasser Elabd, out today:
After paying fines for violations in Hungary and South Africa, Microsoft publicly vowed to stop corrupt business practices—but Yasser Elabd has evidence that shows the company has continued to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act elsewhere.
I was recruited by Microsoft in 1998, and I helped bring the company’s products throughout the Middle East and Africa for the next 20 years. I was successful and received many promotions. But eventually, I noticed something strange: many employees younger than me, in lower positions, were driving luxury cars and purchasing homes sometimes worth millions of dollars. For my part, I could not afford to buy a home, let alone anything else luxurious, despite my career success. I wondered, naively, whether these colleagues had families with money—but if so, why would they be working on a Microsoft sales team?
(Read the rest of the story here.)