The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
The financial meltdown and economic crisis illustrated that corporations will destroy even themselves in search of profit.
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 ...
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In 2000, business bought an American government. and with it, freedom from those troublesome regulations restricting profits. Left on their own, they soon made falsehood of the ultra conservative free-market-follies mantra that corporations left on their own can be trusted to do the right thing. In truth, corporations left on their own can be trusted to destroy themselves and taking the world’s economy with them. Shall there be staggering retribution for this corruption? Get real!