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Allegedly Unethical Firms

This category is for sites about alleged violations of business ethics.

Complaints about slow service or dissatisfaction with a product that do not reflect on corporate ethics should be submitted to Consumer Information: Complaints.

Sites in Allegedly Unethical Firms

BAE Systems
Criticizes Europe's largest arms exporter as greedy and a supporter of dictatorships.
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Chevron's Dirty Hands
Chevron Oil has admitted it paid and transported Nigerian military and police troops who shot and killed unarmed Nigerian activists peacefully protesting on one of the company's offshore oil rigs.
Deadson & Wretches Symphony of Tar
Criticizes the Benson & Hedges Symphony of Fire, a promotional event held in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver every summer.
Six Firms Added to Saipan Sweatshop Lawsuit
Levi Strauss, Calvin Klein, Brooks Brothers, Abercrombie & Fitch, The Talbots and Woolrich added to a class-action lawsuit alleging sweatshop conditions in factories in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Critical Shareholders Organization
English version of German activist site that publishes information about firms they've found that violate human rights or basic environmental practices.
Tobacco from Spain
A UK customer site warning of the pitfalls of purchasing cigarettes and tobacco via the Internet (particularly tobaccofromspain.com), from other EU countries. Links to similar sites.
Murderous U.S. Judges
Alleges that AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin and US Federal Judge James M. Ideman conspired to murder filmmaker Gyorgy Fodor. Sign a petition to President Bush. Place a bet to win a bribe. [Note: Some disturbing photos.]
New York City Transit
Subways, buses and general transportation in and around the city of New York.
Committee on Commerce Tobacco Documents
Tobacco industry documents subpoenaed from the Council for Tobacco Research, Brown & Williamson, Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco, and the Tobacco Institute.
Sony Anti Environmental Efforts
A leaked document shows Sony has been monitoring environmental activists for the purpose of undercutting their pressure to reduce toxic waste in the manufacturing of electronics.
False Advertising by The Bosley Medical Institute
10 things you should know about The Bosley Medical Group. From Attorney General's consumer protection lawsuit, medical board violations, consumer oriented site.
General Dynamics and TRW
Senate investigations called it a "Multi-billion dollar boondogle." Lengthy U.S. Senate transcript shows a few details of defense industry unethical profits.
The China Lobby's Campaign for Two-Way Trade with China
Article lists the 20 largest US corporations giving "soft" political money to push for China's Most Favored Nation status and admission to the WTO. [Multinational Monitor]
Guardian - The Cookbook Any Firm Can Follow
States that AOL paid a $3.5 million penalty to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the government financial watchdog, to settle charges that bear a close similarity to those in the WorldCom case.
Multinational Monitor
Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment.
Plastic - Pepsi Pulls Rank At Oregon High School
A high school cheerleader hits upon the idea of selling bottled water at sports games, with labels bearing her school logo. But her plan runs into trouble when Pepsi gets wind of it. With news and reader comments.
Dow Jones
Parody site created by RTMark that focuses on the Bhopal controversy.
Baker Book House
Describes lawyer's harassment of a website legally publishing thousands of public-domain and permission-granted texts, alleging somewhere among them were some unspecified texts with permission granted improperly.
EndPredatoryLending.org
Explains the practice of loaning to poorer or less informed people when the likely result is an unfavorable outcome for such customers, and links to resources to combat it.
Sustainable Energy & Economy: Report on Chevron
Alleges human rights abuses and complicity in killing Nigerian civilians, calling on World Bank to discriminate in its investments.
UNUM Provident Crime
Follow an ongoing citizen's racketeering suit against UNUM Provident.
Virgin Air Crew Lies
Claims of abuse and harassment of passengers by Virgin Atlantic Airways flight attendants.
The Fresh Market Employee Message Board
Message Board containing comments from employees who work at The Fresh Market chain of Grocery Stores located in the southeastern U.S.
Afternic Sucks
Consumer complaints about poor customer service and business practices.
Topsites LLC and MyDirectory LLC
An investigation into misleading "renewal notice" spam for the Topsites.us web directory, including traffic analysis and background business details.
Made in China
National Labor Committee report on the role of various U.S. and multinational contractors in the People's Republic of China, describing factory working and living conditions, imprisonment of labor activists, and other abuses.
Liz Claiborne: Sweatshop Production in El Salvador
Archived documentation and links by the National Labor Committee about abusive factories that produce Liz Claiborne clothing.
International Paper Hall of Shame
OSHA, EPA, and Clean Air Act Violations with pictures. From a union organizing site.
Mitsubishi!
Tracks Mitsubishi group's activities, focusing on workplace discrimination, consumer complaints, and environmental issues.
Canadian Airlines Retirees Class Action Against Air Canada
1500 Canadian Airlines retirees fight to have Air Canada reinstate their travel benefits.
Oil is Thicker than Blood
The role of oil company Talisman Energy (formerly British Petroleum Canadia) and co-conspirators in genocide taking place in Sudan.
Attention: Insurance Alert!
Criticizes Aviva Insurance Group for a history of deception, unpaid claims of its Holocaust-era subsidiaries, and suspicious name change.
State Farm Sucks
Links to protest, news, and consumer educational sites about the USA mutual, bank, insurance, and annuities conglomerate.
Jumpstart Ford
A campaign blaming Ford Motor Company on America's oil addiction, war, global warming, rainforest destruction, toxic waste and oil spills, human rights abuses, and air pollution.
iMind
True stories from the former employees of the now-defunct iMind Education Systems.
University of Phoenix Sucks
Read student opinions and experiences.
Notice to the Public Regarding GothCon
Alleges that GothCon is not supporting the charities it claims it is.
Who's Who Historical Society
Tells about the practices of the Who's Who Historical Society, a company of Gibraltar Publishing: What they promise, how they recruit members, what the results of membership are and how they try to prevent members from cancelling their membership.
LeaseComm
Dedicated to informing about Leasecomm, its business practices and its legal troubles.
Stop Waste Management
Documents allegations against Waste Management Inc. (also known as WMI, WMX, Chem Waste, and other names), including environmental degradation, racism, and bribery. Includes text of a book by Charles Cray.
Pressler and Pressler
Discusses questionable conduct of a collection firm and shows how to deal with it.
Tell on Apple
Site by a group of former Apple Computer Authorized Resellers suing the company for fraud, breach of contract, unfair competition and false advertising.
Report Scams Here
The scam message board allows consumers to post their bad experiences and inform the public.
Huntingdon Life Science Protest
Documentation of this international firm's violation of laws in using animals for testing.
Home Depot Sucks
Opposition to the retail chain for sourcing and selling old growth lumber. Company claims they will phase out this lumber by 2002. Also has customer/employee "horror stories" and links to other anti-HD websites.
The Effect of 180solutions on Affiliate Commissions and Merchants
Shows that 180solutions diverts commissions from online merchants and affiliates using questionable tactics.
Sue Paypal
Complaints against Paypal and eBay.
FAIR - News Corp / Fox
Ongoing collection of reports on why they're still failing the 'fair and balanced' test. By Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.

sub categories in Allegedly Unethical Firms

Adelphia Communications Adelphia Communications
Allstate Insurance Allstate Insurance
Bernard Haldane & Associates Bernard Haldane & Associates
Carlyle Group Carlyle Group
Clear Channel Communications Clear Channel Communications
Disney Disney
Enron Enron
ExxonMobil ExxonMobil
Face National Models & Talent Face National Models & Talent
Fry's Electronics Fry's Electronics
George Wimpey George Wimpey
Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs
IBM IBM
JK Harris & Company JK Harris & Company
KB Home KB Home
Livent Livent
MCI WorldCom MCI WorldCom
McWane McWane
Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch
Microsoft Microsoft
Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley
One Complainant One Complainant
Parmalat Parmalat
Pfizer Pfizer
Sinclair Broadcast Group Sinclair Broadcast Group
Ultimate Search, Inc. Ultimate Search, Inc.
Verizon Verizon
Video Professor Video Professor
WhenU WhenU
Xerox Xerox
Adobe Systems Adobe Systems
Arthur Andersen Arthur Andersen
Boeing Boeing
Citigroup Citigroup
Coca-Cola Coca-Cola
Dynegy Dynegy
European City Guide European City Guide
Ezula Ezula
Fashion Rock Fashion Rock
Gator Gator
Global Crossing Global Crossing
Halliburton Halliburton
Infinium Labs Infinium Labs
JP Morgan JP Morgan
Lists Lists
Mattel Mattel
McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company
Merck Merck
MetLife MetLife
Monsanto Monsanto
Nortel Nortel
Opposing Views Opposing Views
Pets Warehouse Pets Warehouse
Qwest Communications Qwest Communications
Tyco Tyco
Verisign Verisign
Video Computer Store Video Computer Store
Wal-Mart Wal-Mart
Wilson Connolly Wilson Connolly
Yahoo Yahoo

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