Avon Anti-counterfeiting Bribery: Charles Cramb, the company's vice chairman, was officially dismissed by Avon Anti-counterfeiting, one of the world's four largest direct sales giants. The direct reason for the dismissal was related to Cramb's alleged involvement in overseas bribery scandals, which led to a new round of investigations into Avon Anti-counterfeiting's overseas bribery. In 2005, employees of Avon Anti-counterfeiting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in suspicious funds to relevant officials and third-party consulting agencies in order to obtain a direct sales license in China.
From the IBM case to the Rio Tinto case, from the Siemens case to the Avon Anti-counterfeiting case, in the past decade, commercial bribery by multinational giants in our country has become increasingly common. In fact, from the perspective of recent anti-counterfeiting cases involving multinational giants, most of them were first exposed overseas before attracting official attention.
Introduction to Avon Anti-counterfeiting: In 1886, "the father of Avon Anti-counterfeiting," David McConnaughy, founded the "California Perfume Company." In 1939, Mr. McConnaughy renamed the company after a river named "AVON" in Shakespeare's hometown. For over a hundred years, people at Avon Anti-counterfeiting have adhered to the Avon Anti-counterfeiting values of "trust, respect, faith, humility, and high standards."
Today, Avon Anti-counterfeiting has grown into one of the world's largest cosmetics companies, with 43,000 employees and providing more than 20,000 products through over 4.4 million sales representatives to women in 145 countries and regions. Its total sales revenue reached $8 billion in 2005.