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Starbucks Corporation : tax avoidance controversies in the United Kingdom (B) / Jack Gay, Scott Manwaring, James S. O'Rourke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526403414 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.4106642
Online resources: An investigative report into corporate tax avoidance prompts an increasingly powerful citizens group to target Starbucks UK operation. Starbucks faces numerous sit-ins and boycotts throughout the UK. Increasing public outcry grabs the attention of Parliament which summons Starbucks CFO Tony Alstead to come testify. Austerity measures and complex international tax laws further complicate the matter. As a corporation that prides itself on social responsibility, Starbucks must decide between their duty to minimize tax liabilities (for shareholders) and their promise to serve the communities where they do business.
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Originally published in Gay, J., Manwaring, S., & ORourke, J. S. (2014). Starbucks Corporation: Tax avoidance controversies in the United Kingdom (B). 14-02(B). Notre Dame, IN: The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame.

An investigative report into corporate tax avoidance prompts an increasingly powerful citizens group to target Starbucks UK operation. Starbucks faces numerous sit-ins and boycotts throughout the UK. Increasing public outcry grabs the attention of Parliament which summons Starbucks CFO Tony Alstead to come testify. Austerity measures and complex international tax laws further complicate the matter. As a corporation that prides itself on social responsibility, Starbucks must decide between their duty to minimize tax liabilities (for shareholders) and their promise to serve the communities where they do business.

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