14 Worst Corporations

[Total Warrior X]

http://www.alternet.org/story/29337/

[the_mango55]

I expected most of those on the list, but Ford? Having poor fuel economy is really enough to get you ranked among the most evil corporations in the world? And where was Nike on that list? I expected to see Microsoft as well, havent people made up enough human rights abuses for all the big companies? (not that I don't believe that some do these things, I think much of it is exagerated)

[vizi]

I feel enlightened I always knew Ford was evil....

But just so you americans out there know the EPA is out there working and doing their jobs. They cited a local industry for pollution and fined them heavily and are forcing them to "clean" up their act.

[Captain_Paulentineous]

That is just sickening what all those companies do.

[Guderian]

Ford beat up workers/protesters with hired thugs back in the 60's (irc) claiming they were communists....

All of those companies I think deserve everything they get with the exception of two.

Caterpillar - You can't blame them for selling bull dozers jeez.

And Kellogs - Most of these people from third world countries do it out of their own free will. They know it is dangerous but they are willing to take the risk, that may say something about the state of the third world and the poverty that still remains even with free markets and globalisation but I don't think that the corporation is guilty of any crime.

[danzig]

Rofl what an idiotic list. Lockheed just because they sell military hardware?! And yeah damn you evil Caterpiller for selling bulldozers.

[Francisco Montana]

The evil capitalist neocon coporation list.

Where's my wife's hair salon on that list?

I feel jipped.

[Total Warrior X]

Rofl what an idiotic list. Lockheed just because they sell military hardware?! And yeah damn you evil Caterpiller for selling bulldozers.

Lockheed is the most dangerous on the list...these guys run our foriegn policy and the company run by neoconservatives. They are the greatest war profiteers in the world. The reason why Catepilliar is on their is they sell bulldozers knowing well they may be use to violate human rights.

I do think Ford should not be on the list, but they had done very despicable things in the past. I am suprised Exxon-Mobil isn't on there.

[genghis khan]

Lockheed is the most dangerous on the list...these guys run our foriegn policy and the company run by neoconservatives. They are the greatest war profiteers in the world. The reason why Catepilliar is on their is they sell bulldozers knowing well they may be use to violate human rights.

I do think Ford should not be on the list, but they had done very despicable things in the past. I am suprised Exxon-Mobil isn't on there.

Of course you have evidence to back up your claim that Lockheed runs foreign policy dont you? Err wait, what you said was a subjective opinion, nevermind.

*by evidence I mean something other than article. Just because someone helps to draft something doesnt mean they dictate foreign policy. I can make the same argument and say its the Congessional Staffers who dictate policy in the US. Why? Because the staffers decide what the congressman/woman reads for the bills they sign and what they read in general on policy. Do you think a congressman has enough time to read through a a multi-thousand page document about a law...of course not.


As it is this list sucks. I find it interesting that Caterpillar for instance made the list simply because they sell bulldozers that get used by the Israelis...yeah with this logic then every company in the world that sells to government militaries is evil too. Pfeh. I am sorry but this list seems to be comprised of someone with too much time on their hands and not enough common sense. The companies that should be put up there should be ones like the credit card companies who target young kids with credit offers and then hit them hard with insane interest rates. I can think of some more but whats the point? Its all subjective anyway.

[Total Warrior X]

Of course you have evidence to back up your claim that Lockheed runs foreign policy dont you? Err wait, what you said was a subjective opinion, nevermind.

*by evidence I mean something other than article. Just because someone helps to draft something doesnt mean they dictate foreign policy. I can make the same argument and say its the Congessional Staffers who dictate policy in the US. Why? Because the staffers decide what the congressman/woman reads for the bills they sign and what they read in general on policy. Do you think a congressman has enough time to read through a a multi-thousand page document about a law...of course not.


As it is this list sucks. I find it interesting that Caterpillar for instance made the list simply because they sell bulldozers that get used by the Israelis...yeah with this logic then every company in the world that sells to government militaries is evil too. Pfeh. I am sorry but this list seems to be comprised of someone with too much time on their hands and not enough common sense. The companies that should be put up there should be ones like the credit card companies who target young kids with credit offers and then hit them hard with insane interest rates. I can think of some more but whats the point? Its all subjective anyway.

Catepilliar on the list is a stretch, but they sold bulldozers knowing full well they would be used to wreck Palestinian houses

Lockheed is dangerous, they have full support of the Bush Administration because wars make them profit. Oil and defense companies have done well with the Bush Administration. Administraion officals are quite close to Lockheed through PNAC. Drafting the policy is helping dictate the policy if you know you have buddies in the administration that will enact it. You can not doubt the extreme influence they have on our foriegn policy. Boeing is in on the game too and I am suprised they are not on the list.

Robert J Stevens, CEO of Lockheed is also the director of Monsanto Co. He is 2 for 2.

The reason wht credit card companies are not on here is because they do not abuse human rights. They are bad, quite bad, but they don't pollute the environment or abuse workers.

[Virgil]

Pfizer

Pfizer is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world; it is also one of the worst abusers of the human right of universal access to HIV/AIDS medicine.

In addition to Viagra, Zoloft, Zithromax and Norvasc, Pfizer produces the HIV/AIDS-related drugs Rescriptor, Viracept and Diflucan (fluconazole). Like other drug companies, they sell these drugs at prices poor people cannot afford and aggressively fight efforts to make it easier for generic drugs to enter the market.

Pfizer also values shareholder profits over safety standards. In Europe in 2005, it withdrew from scientific studies of a new class of AIDS drugs called CCR5 inhibitors, choosing instead to rush its own untested CCR5 inhibitor onto the European market without full information about the drug's side effects.

This sickens me...

I am sick and tired of all the crap that gets thrown at pharmaceutical companies these days. I mean - its not like Pfizer makes bombs or bullets or cigarettes, or nerve agents and all those other goodies....

No they make the most feared item ever - perscription drugs - that (gasp) help people! OH NO!!!!

Its ignorant people like this who have NO IDEA whatsoever what exactly goes into making the drug keeping your grandma from DIEING, no - they think its better to slander them and contort their every action so that they can get their medicine cheaper.

My father is a DIRECTOR at Pfizer so I know what goes on in the inner workings and I can tell you - its more complicated than you think. It can take up to 10 YEARS to make a single drug and easily cost at least 100 MILLION dollars to do so. It costs astronomical amounts to do anything and to say that their evil is insane to the point of hilarity.

It is unfortunate that poor people are not always able to afford their drugs and it is sad that people have to pay so much to get said drugs. However - no one realises that they cost so much because it costs so much to produce. Now, dont get me wrong - Pfizer does want to make a profit (who doesn't) but that STILL doesn't make them evil. That is why they try to prevent generic drugs - if they make no profits, they cant stay in business, if they cant stay in business, they dont mke drugs, if they dont make drugs....

PEOPLE DIE

In addition - to say they intentionally prevent people with AIDS from getting their medicine is a blantant lie - it makes NO sense!

Moving on - many of you probably heard about the rash of drug recalls due to unknown side effects - many of these "heart attacks" occured once, and at 4 times the perscribed dose during a lab test on willing people.
How do you think drug companies figure out what is a safe dose? They give people increased doses until something adverse happens - certainly not a heart attack or death but other things like pain or swelling. Its the media that hypes it up and causes a irrational panic while forces drugs that would otherwise help people off the market...

I'm sorry to rant but I hate it when good companies catch so much **** from dumb people who's only information comes from the media or their own twisted opinions. Again I'm sorry and I hope that some of you are better informed about what really goes on and to not let the media sway your opinions too soon.

[dgoodman]

The list is bs published by a far-left site. There are plenty of companies run by immoral or unethical leaders, but those are not them. Is say there are quite a few Enron tipe companies that get away with massive fraud while people like you ***** and whine about Wal Mart or Coca Cola. These are companies with revenues larger than the GDP's of many nations, of course they will do some bad things, but without, the living standards of millions of people will decrease. Its what we get for living like this.

[Seleukos]

Where are most of the Credit Card companies?

[Kino]

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[Total Warrior X]

I heard the story about Coca-Cola, I'm not sure about the others. They really did rip off some farmers there in India. At least part of their company deserves the list.

That site though... talking about how "...Stan Tookie Williams was legally lynched by ... Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger". Clearly biased and one sided, not the whole truth.


Could you find a list of corporations that aren't evil. A "good" list, so that I might support them.

your huge multinationals won't be on a "good" list...some are clearly worse than others.

Citgo could earn the spot as a "good" company. They have recently offered cheap gas for poor communities in the Northeast. Ben and Jerry's is another "good" company. Many Japanese companies are respectable.

[Guderian]

Why do some people have to turn everything into left and right...is reality easier to ignore that way?

Lockheed just because they sell military hardware?!

I think the point they were making was that Lockheed influences or in other words bribes and corrupts the government and/or political parties.

I heard the story about Coca-Cola, I'm not sure about the others. They really did rip off some farmers there in India. At least part of their company deserves the list.

That is standard policy for Coca Cola, they did the same thing here in Australia to a small town (can't recall it's name) in the middle of a drought.

[Francisco Montana]

Why do some people have to turn everything into left and right...is reality easier to ignore that way?

Because some of us get tired of reading the same anti capitalist anti corporate America slogans and such over and over again. Maybe it's because I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and hear about how evil I am for being an American consumer every day.

It just gets old.

I feel those sites are biased --and always written by the same old suspects! I agree these companies need to have their feet held to the fire, but that's why we have laws and regulations.

(I do have to admit, I was impressed with your reservations on condemning Catipillar and Kellogs, Guderian. You showed some conviction.)

[Rush Limbaugh]

Well Total Warrior X I have to thank you. Thats on of the best laughs Ive ever had here reading that list. Do you have any other funny topics to discuss?

[Total Warrior X]

Well Total Warrior X I have to thank you. Thats on of the best laughs Ive ever had here reading that list. Do you have any other funny topics to discuss?

What is funny is the idiot you idolize, who peddles the Republican line without hesitation. I guess that oxcontin killed too many brain cells.

[Francisco Montana]

What is funny is the idiot you idolize, who peddles the Republican line without hesitation. I guess that oxcontin killed too many brain cells.

Wow, nice troll (and double post). If I may stand up for the big man behind the EIB mic, he doesn't tow the party line without hesitation. He's pretty urcked at the Republican Congress right now.

But then I suspect you don't listen to him. Have you ever? I doubt it.