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The five worst corporate stuff-ups in 2020

The business community managed to make a year of tumult even more difficult by ensnaring itself in a series of scandals, cock-up and missteps. 

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Put yourself on mute, rearrange your bookshelf to make yourself look smart and get ready for the 2020 Chook Roast Drumstick Awards, which will – naturally – be held on Zoom, dodgy internet connection and all.

If dealing with bushfires and the pandemic wasn’t enough to derail the best laid plans of Australia’s biggest companies, they still found an extraordinary number of ways to shoot themselves in the feet.

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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com

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