While looking at internal stakeholders paints an important picture, there are a plethora of external stakeholders to consider as well. First, the public plays a significant …show more content…
There are multiple long-term consequences for the stakeholders involved if SABMiller opts to continue with their current tax strategy. There are two main outcomes for Maria Smith. First, she could be fired as she was the main reason for the assumed ethical lapse of judgement. On the other side, she could continue to be employed because she saves SABMiller money with her tax strategy. Even if she was fired, other companies would want to have a tax strategist who can help increase their bottom lines, so she should not have an issue finding employment elsewhere. With this, she never did anything illegal and despite the backlash, the ethicality of the treatment is even still in question. While the strategy was aggressive, it was not as aggressive as other companies. If a business is not aggressive in certain areas, then they will fall behind the competition. Therefore, Maria Smith will likely be fine from a job …show more content…
They will hope that their studies and reports will promote change to business practices. If SABMiller continues with their practices without major repercussions, then the studies will become less recognized. With this change in the global tax strategy will be less likely to occur. Combining these, the advocacy groups will look further into other companies to see if they can push their agenda. Regulatory bodies may not be able to completely control multinationals tax strategy; but may look to further increase disclosures in both quarterly and annual reports to improve transparency to the shareholders. The regulatory bodies reputation will increase with this type of progress and the public will most likely desire this information in light of SABMiller continuing their