A recent PRNewser article shed some light on a recent lawsuit between Francine Katz and AB InBev. She claims she had been receiving unfair compensation due to her gender, and decided to take the company to court for discrimination. In the end, the jury ruled against her in  defense of AB InBev.

Now, you’ll have to read the article for yourself, but the whole  situation draws a big question mark around InBev’s corporate communications and forces you to ask whether or not something scandalous was taking place.  I don’t know enough about the case to formulate an educated opinion, but I have to say I’m left with a feeling of disappointment. Even if it simply isn’t true that any discrimination was taking place, it makes me a angry that gender inequality is still an issue.

I’m not so naive to think that discrimination no longer takes place, but I’d like to think we’ve moved past this kind of thing for the most part. But I guess we haven’t. Either way, this kind of negative media attention is bound to have some ripple effects, and it will be interesting to see how this affects AB InBev now and in the future. If nothing else, you can bet that the public eye will be watching them more closely.