Mazars cancels Trump – could it happen to NZ firms?

Mazars cancels Trump – could it happen to NZ firms?
International accounting firm Mazars has cut ties with Trump's company. (Photo: supplied)
Michael Andrew
As businesses continue to squirm and scramble together new policies under the dangling sword of social expectations, it might seem like a wise decision for any company to decline to work with the Trump Organisation.After all, such a move would signal to an increasingly righteous marketplace of consumers and workers that your company isn’t willing to compromise its values by working with a politically dubious or unsustainable entity.So when news broke that international accounting firm Mazars had cut ties with the former US president&rsquo...

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