Paradise Papers Panic
Your multinational tech company faces imminent exposure in a major newspaper investigation into offshore tax arrangements. A ruthless investigative journalist has given you 15 minutes to either justify your company's actions or provide evidence of bigger corporate scandals to redirect attention. Your career, company reputation, and billions in market value hang in the balance.
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Survivors
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Popularity
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Chief Communications Officer of TechVantage Global
Conversation Partner
Katherine Steele, Senior Investigative Reporter
Setting
Your glass-walled office on the 47th floor, city lights twinkling outside, multiple screens displaying urgent messages from the board
Location
Corporate Headquarters, Downtown Financial District
Learning Objectives
Identify a bigger corporate scandal to divert the journalist's attention
Maintain plausible deniability about your own company's arrangements
Secure a written agreement to kill the original story
About This Scenario
Your multinational tech company faces imminent exposure in a major newspaper investigation into offshore tax arrangements. A ruthless investigative journalist has given you 15 minutes to either justify your company's actions or provide evidence of bigger corporate scandals to redirect attention. Your career, company reputation, and billions in market value hang in the balance.
How It Starts
“I have a 4,000-word exposé about TechVantage's Cayman Islands tax structure ready to publish at midnight. Your 'legal optimization strategies' saved you $2.8 billion in taxes last year. Care to comment before we go live?”
This is how Katherine Steele, Senior Investigative Reporter's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#396
Category
General
Location Tag
Corporate Headquarters, Downtown Financial District
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