Society Issues Business Allegedly Unethical Firms

Attention: Insurance Alert! Save
Criticizes Aviva Insurance Group for a history of deception, unpaid claims of its Holocaust-era subsidiaries, and suspicious name change.
http://www.insurance-alert.net/

BAE Systems Save
Criticizes Europe''s largest arms exporter as greedy and a supporter of dictatorships.
http://www.angloarabia.com/

Baker Book House Save
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.
http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txn/ma...

Canadian Airlines Retirees Class Action Against Air Canada Save
1500 Canadian Airlines retirees fight to have Air Canada reinstate their travel benefits.
http://www.factor6070.ca/

Committee on Commerce Tobacco Documents Save
Tobacco industry documents subpoenaed from the Council for Tobacco Research, Brown & Williamson, Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco, and the Tobacco Institute.
http://www.house.gov/commerce/Tobacco...

Critical Shareholders Organization Save
English version of German activist site that publishes information about firms they''ve found that violate human rights or basic environmental practices.
http://www.kritischeaktionaere.de/Akt...

Dow Jones Save
Parody site created by RTMark that focuses on the Bhopal controversy.
http://www.dowethics.com/

Economy: Report on Chevron Save
Alleges human rights abuses and complicity in killing Nigerian civilians, calling on World Bank to discriminate in its investments.
http://www.seen.org/pages/reports/cha...

EndPredatoryLending.org Save
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.
http://www.endpredatorylending.org/

FAIR - News Corp / Fox Save
Ongoing collection of reports on bias by Fox News. By the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=19...

False Advertising by The Bosley Medical Institute Save
10 things you should know about The Bosley Medical Group. From Attorney General''s consumer protection lawsuit, medical board violations, consumer oriented site.
http://www.bosleymedicalviolations.com

General Dynamics and TRW Save
Senate investigations called it a "Multi-billion dollar boondogle." Lengthy U.S. Senate transcript shows a few details of defense industry unethical profits.
http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper...

Guardian - The Cookbook Any Firm Can Follow Save
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.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Art...

Home Depot Sucks Save
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.
http://www.homedepotsucks.com/

Huntingdon Life Science Protest Save
Documentation of this international firm''s violation of laws in using animals for testing.
http://members.tripod.com/~close_hls/

International Paper Hall of Shame Save
OSHA, EPA, and Clean Air Act Violations with pictures. From a union organizing site.
http://www.iplexingtonplant.org

Jumpstart Ford Save
Campaign to tell Ford Motor Company to manufacturing the most fuel-inefficient cars in America and stop fueling America''s oil addiction and global warming.
http://www.jumpstartford.com/home/

LeaseComm Save
Dedicated to informing about Leasecomm, its business practices and its legal troubles.
http://www.knology.net/~olefogie/INDE...

Liz Claiborne: Sweatshop Production in El Salvador Save
Archived documentation and links by the National Labor Committee about abusive factories that produce Liz Claiborne clothing.
http://www.nlcnet.org/campaigns/archi...

Made in China Save
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.
http://www.nlcnet.org/campaigns/archi...

Mitsubishi! Save
Tracks Mitsubishi group''s activities, focusing on workplace discrimination, consumer complaints, and environmental issues.
http://www.mitsubishisucks.com

Multinational Monitor Save
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.
http://multinationalmonitor.org/

Murderous U.S. Judges Save
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.]
http://www.uspresident.net/

New York City Transit Save
Subways, buses and general transportation in and around the city of New York.
http://www.NewYorkCityTransit.com

Notice to the Public Regarding GothCon Save
Alleges that GothCon is not supporting the charities it claims it is.
http://www.gothcon.com/

Oil is Thicker than Blood Save
The role of oil company Talisman Energy (formerly British Petroleum Canadia) and co-conspirators in genocide taking place in Sudan.
http://mathaba.net/sudan/bloodoil.htm

Plastic - Pepsi Pulls Rank At Oregon High School Save
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.
http://www.plastic.com/article.html?s...

Pressler and Pressler Save
Discusses questionable conduct of a collection firm and shows how to deal with it.
http://www.geocities.com/presslerclub

Report Scams Here Save
The scam message board allows consumers to post their bad experiences and inform the public.
http://www.scam.com

San Francisco Bay Guardian - Chevron's Dirty Hands Save
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.
http://www.sfbg.com/News/33/07/Worldv...

Six Firms Added to Saipan Sweatshop Lawsuit Save
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.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m363...

Sony Anti Environmental Efforts Save
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.
http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/...

State Farm Sucks Save
Links to protest, news, and consumer educational sites about the USA mutual, bank, insurance, and annuities conglomerate.
http://moviereview.net/state/

Stop Waste Management Save
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.
http://www.stopwmx.org/

Sue Paypal Save
Complaints against Paypal and eBay.
http://www.suepaypal.org/

Tell on Apple Save
Site by a group of former Apple Computer Authorized Resellers suing the company for fraud, breach of contract, unfair competition and false advertising.
http://www.tellonapple.org

The China Lobby's Campaign for Two-Way Trade with China Save
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]
http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper...

The Fresh Market Employee Message Board Save
Message Board containing comments from employees who work at The Fresh Market chain of Grocery Stores located in the southeastern U.S.
http://pub86.ezboard.com/femployeemes...

Tobacco from Spain Save
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.
http://www.tobaccofromspain.verycorru...

Topsites LLC and MyDirectory LLC Save
An investigation into misleading "renewal notice" spam for the Topsites.us web directory, including traffic analysis and background business details.
http://www.dynamoo.com/diary/topsites...

UNUM Provident Crime Save
Follow an ongoing citizen''s racketeering suit against UNUM Provident.
http://www.corporatecrimefighters.com

University of Phoenix Sucks Save
Read student opinions and experiences.
http://uopsucks.com/

Virgin Air Crew Lies Save
Claims of abuse and harassment of passengers by Virgin Atlantic Airways flight attendants.
http://www.virginaircrewlies.com/

Who's Who Historical Society Save
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.
http://www.internationalwhoswho.de/

Wretches Symphony of Tar Save
Criticizes the Benson & Hedges Symphony of Fire, a promotional event held in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver every summer.
http://bensonandhedges.org/

iMind Save
True stories from the former employees of the now-defunct iMind Education Systems.
http://www.imind.com/