At one time Mars had a very high profile job with Walmart.  He resigned from his position at Walmart.

Below is the linked article and a citing from the article.

Citing from the article:
The essence of the Times story was the allegation that Walmart Mexico, under the direction of the then country CEO and his General Counsel, bribed officials to get permits and clearances for new stores and falsified records of these transactions. When a Walmart lawyer in Mexico blew the whistle in 2005, senior officers both in Mexico and in the United States allegedly stopped two different efforts by other Walmart employees at headquarters to conduct a thorough and independent inquiry. The whistleblower charges were sent back to Mexico and buried. Although it must be emphasized that there are no official findings as yet, these senior officers, according to the story, included the then-Walmart CEO and General Counsel in Mexico, the then-CEO, Lee Scott (recently retired as member of  the Walmart board);  the then-head of Walmart international, Mike Duke (who succeeded Scott as CEO, has just retired from that position, and remains on the Walmart board as executive  committee chair), and Thomas Mars, then-General Counsel.

SOURCE: Heineman, Jr., Ben W. "Who’s Responsible for the Walmart Mexico Scandal?". Harvard Business Review.  May 15, 2014. https://hbr.org/2014/05/whos-responsible-for-the-walmart-mexico-scandal

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