South Africa’s Black Business Council has called for McKinsey & Company to be banned and blacklisted following the consultancy firm’s $122 million settlement with South African and US authorities. McKinsey’s payment addresses allegations of bribery and corruption involving former South African president Jacob Zuma and has sparked debate over accountability and fairness. McKinsey Bribery Settlement Sparks Outrage McKinsey’s settlement stems from McKinsey’s involvement in corrupt dealings with South African state-owned enterprises Eskom and Transnet between 2012 and 2016. While the firm has fired implicated employees and returned over R4.1 billion
Latinas face the steepest drop in representation as they climb the corporate ladder, according to Lean In’s first-ever report on the state of Latinas in corporate America. Despite Latinas accounting for nearly 1 in 10 people in the US, they hold less than 1 in 20 entry-level corporate jobs and only 1 in 100 C-suite positions. Disparities in Advancement and Pay In 2023, white men’s representation increased by nearly two-thirds (64%) from entry-level to C-suite positions, while Latinas’ representation decreased by over three-quarters (78%). Latinas also experience the largest pay
