Just about every day there is a new case of corporate malfeasance—bribery, tax evasion, price-fixing, defrauding of government or consumers, environmental violations, unfair labor practices and much more. Given the frequency of these scandals, it is difficult to keep track of which corporation has done what.
The Corporate Rap Sheets below are dossiers summarizing the most significant crimes, violations and other questionable activities of the world’s largest and most controversial companies.
Corporate Rap Sheets are written by Philip Mattera, who heads the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First and publishes the Dirt Diggers Digest. This website is a work in progress; new rap sheets are added on a regular basis. Those additions are announced at the bottom of new Dirt Diggers posts and via the Dirt Diggers Twitter feed.
Read more about the Corporate Rap Sheet project.
Current Inventory of Corporate Rap Sheets
AGRIBUSINESS; FOOD/BEVERAGE PROCESSING; RESTAURANTS
Cargill
Coca-Cola Company
ConAgra
Darden Restaurants
McDonald’s
Monsanto
Nestlé
Yum Brands
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Daimler
Ford Motor
General Motors
Honda
Nissan
Toyota
Volkswagen
BANKING AND FINANCE
Bank of America
Barclays
BNP Paribas
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
JPMorgan Chase
Morgan Stanley
Royal Bank of Scotland
UBS
Wells Fargo
CHEMICALS
Dow Chemical
DuPont
CONGLOMERATES/DIVERSIFIED
Koch Industries
LG
Trump Organization
MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT
Walt Disney
MILITARY CONTRACTING/AEROSPACE
Airbus (formerly EADS)
BAE Systems
Boeing
General Dynamics
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
MINING
Alpha Natural Resources
Anglo American
Arch Coal
Barrick Gold
BHP Billiton
Freeport-McMoRan
Newmont Mining
Peabody Energy
Rio Tinto
Vale
OUTSOURCED SERVICES
Aramark
Sodexo
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY/PETROCHEMICALS/PIPELINES
BP
Chevron
ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66
Enbridge
Exxon Mobil
Royal Dutch Shell
Suncor Energy
PHARMACEUTICALS; HEALTH INSURANCE
Aetna
Anthem (formerly WellPoint)
AstraZeneca
Eli Lilly
GlaxoSmithKline
Humana
Johnson & Johnson
Merck
Novartis
Pfizer
UnitedHealth Group
RETAILING
Dollar General
Dollar Tree
Wal-Mart
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Altria and Philip Morris International
Reynolds American
UTILITIES
Entergy
Note: The term “rap sheet” is used here to refer not only to criminal cases but also to civil matters and other controversies.
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