French executive gets put on trial for being paid too much

A French executive, Antoine Zacharias, has become the first businessman in France to go on trial for being paid too much, in a ground-breaking move against “corporate greed”.  In the end, he was acquitted as the French judge said in court in Paris that it could not ‘judge the governance of companies’.

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French Business & Culture Workshop

Sarah Carroll, author of Teach Yourself Business French, is speaking at UK Trade Investment’s Business and Culture Workshop on France in London on Tuesday 13 October 2009.

The workshop will explore the business challenges faced by existing UK exporters to France and will help exporters discover practical solutions and business advice to overcome potential language, communication and cultural barriers when trading in the French market. Read more