10 Worst Corporations of 2008

[Michael]

2008 marks the 20th anniversary of Multinational Monitor’s annual list of the 10 Worst Corporations of the year.

In the 20 years that we’ve published our annual list, we’ve covered corporate villains, scoundrels, criminals and miscreants. We’ve reported on some really bad stuff — from Exxon’s Valdez spill to Union Carbide and Dow’s effort to avoid responsibility for the Bhopal disaster; from oil companies coddling dictators (including Chevron and CNPC, both profiled this year) to a bank (Riggs) providing financial services for Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; from oil and auto companies threatening the future of the planet by blocking efforts to address climate change to duplicitous tobacco companies marketing cigarettes around the world by associating their product with images of freedom, sports, youthful energy and good health.

But we’ve never had a year like 2008.
Source (http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2008/112008/weissman.html)

Here's the list of shame (in alphabetical order)

AIG
Cargill
Chevron
CNPC
Constellation Energy
Dole
General Electric
Imperial Sugar
Philip Morris International
Roche

Reading the link explains why each of these companies earned their placement in 2008. Lots of ugly horror stories there.

[The Sister]

That is such a depressing article. How does the small consumer deal with this? Global boycotts?

[The Drunk Guy]

That is such a depressing article. How does the small consumer deal with this? Global boycotts?
Sorta, yeah. I recommend an OpEd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-Ed) in the local paper for a start. Helps spread the word. Also, try to get a group together, raise some money and make some flyers to pass out about the subject. The reactionary consumer is the educated consumer. ;)