The 14 Worst Corporate Evildoers

A Global Exchange Report
Corporations carry out some of the most horrific human rights abuses of modern times, but it is increasingly difficult to hold them to account. Economic globalization and the rise of transnational corporate power have created a favorable climate for corporate human rights abusers, which are governed principally by the codes of supply and demand and show genuine loyalty only to their stockholders.

Several of the companies below are being sued under the Alien Tort Claims Act, a law that allows citizens of any nationality to sue in US federal courts for violations of international rights or treaties. When corporations act like criminals, we have the right and the power to stop them, holding leaders and multinational corporations alike to the accords they have signed. Around the world--in Venezuela, Argentina, India, and right here in the United States--citizens are stepping up to create democracy and hold corporations accountable to international law.
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3 comments:

  1. No one asked if they could pay more so that they could pad the upper executive echelon of the company could afford to buy private yachts and have servants to cater to their every whim and whimper.

    The problem here is the skimming done by ownership and high executives.

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  2. Where do we draw the line in terms of what is acceptable in terms of a salary? $1 Million, $5 Million? There are individuals making upwards of $30 million / year!!! It's absurd.

    Society would benefit from a salary cap. All those employees could get their health benes and pensions, if the upper management and ownerships pay rates were scaled appropriately!

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  3. There is a difference between making $48k, $60k, or even $200k or $500k a year and supporting your family, and making between $1 and several multimillion $ / year. When is enough enough?

    Personally, for me, it's not envy, but disgust.

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