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A Case Study on Unethical Business Practices
A CASE STUDY ON UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES

|Coca-Cola Continues Unethical and Dishonest Practices in India | |Company Must Follow Recommendations of Company Funded Study: | |Shut Down Kala Dera Bottling Plant | | | |India Resource Centre | |September 12, 2008 | |San Francisco: It is said that those who don't learn from the mistakes of the past are destined to repeat them. | |It seems that the Coca-Cola has not learnt any lessons from Plachimada - a village in the state of Kerala in India where the | |community-led campaign has shut down its plant since March 2004. | |The manner is which the Coca-Cola company has decided to deal with another community-led campaign in India - in the village of Kala | |Dera in the state of Rajasthan - is indicative of the arrogance and impunity of the company that has landed it in trouble before. | |And Coca-Cola in India is in for a rude awakening, again. | |Kala Dera - Thirsting from Coca-Cola | |Kala Dera is a large village outside the city of Jaipur where agriculture is the primary source of livelihood. Coca-Cola started its | |bottling operations in Kala Dera in 2000, and
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