Corporate accountability

Ethical conduct and holding companies to account.

Company actions

23 actions

What the business itself does.

  1. Breaks a dated public commitment Catalog definition — not a live check The company misses, abandons, or reverses a dated public commitment it previously made.
  2. Commits its profits or ownership to a cause Catalog definition — not a live check The company transfers its ownership, or commits its profits, to a trust, foundation, non-profit, or collective dedicated to a named cause.
  3. Conceals material misconduct Catalog definition — not a live check A court, regulator, or well-supported investigation finds that the company concealed material misconduct or risk.
  4. Faces bribery or corruption allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A prosecutor, anti-corruption authority, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved bribery or corruption matter — an opened investigation, filed charge, or documented allegation of improper payments to public officials.
  5. Faces claims it penalises users who complain Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator, court, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved claim that it demoted, suspended, delisted, or otherwise penalised users, sellers, hosts or drivers for complaining, disputing a charge, or exercising a right the platform grants them.
  6. Faces competition-law enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A competition authority, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved competition-law matter — a filed suit, formal proceedings, a statement of objections, an opened investigation, or a documented allegation of anticompetitive conduct.
  7. Faces consumer-protection enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A consumer regulator, court, attorney general, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved consumer-protection matter — a filed suit, opened investigation, or documented allegation of deceptive, unfair, or hidden-fee practices.
  8. Faces financial-law enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A financial regulator, court, prosecutor, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved securities, accounting, sanctions, or anti-money-laundering matter — a filed suit, opened investigation, Wells notice, or documented allegation.
  9. Faces licensing or permit enforcement action Catalog definition — not a live check A licensing authority, municipality, court, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved matter about operating without a required licence, permit, or registration — a filed suit, cease-and-desist notice, opened investigation, or documented allegation.
  10. Faces marketplace-safety enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved matter about its duty to keep users safe on a marketplace or platform it operates — a filed suit, opened investigation, or documented allegation of inadequate screening, verification, or response to reported harm.
  11. Faces public-program fraud allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A prosecutor, inspector general, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved matter about false claims, overbilling, or kickbacks involving a public programme — an intervened qui tam suit, opened investigation, or documented allegation.
  12. Funds hunger-relief programs Catalog definition — not a live check The company, its controlled foundation, or a company-directed program makes a disclosed material donation of funds or food to a named hunger-relief organization or program.
  13. Has a documented direct relationship with Jeffrey Epstein Catalog definition — not a live check The company or named person has a direct meeting, travel, financial, business, advisory, or sustained communications relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
  14. Is held responsible for competition-law violations Certified live check A final competition-authority or court action, guilty plea, or completed settlement holds the company responsible for claims that it monopolized a market, fixed prices, restricted competition, or otherwise violated antitrust law.
  15. Is held responsible for consumer-protection violations Certified live check A final regulator or court action, completed settlement, or completed regulator-directed correction holds the company responsible for a consumer-protection-law violation or legally protected customer duty that does not require a finding of deception.
  16. Is held responsible for defrauding government or public programs Certified live check A court or regulator finds, or the company completes a settlement resolving, a documented scheme involving false claims, kickbacks, overbilling, withheld rebates, defective government-contract pricing, or underpaid public-resource royalties that improperly took or withheld money from a government operation or public program.
  17. Is penalized for bribing public officials Certified live check The company admits, is found liable for, or settles a documented scheme involving bribes to public officials.
  18. Is penalized for deceiving consumers Certified live check A regulator or court finds that the company used deceptive advertising, false claims, hidden charges, or another documented consumer deception.
  19. Is penalized for financial-law violations Certified live check A financial regulator or court penalizes or orders the company to remedy a documented securities, commodities, banking, payments, money-transmission, or market-conduct violation.
  20. Is penalized for marketplace safety failures Certified live check A regulator or court penalizes an online marketplace for a documented failure to assess, prevent, or control illegal or unsafe products offered through its service.
  21. Is penalized for operating without a required license Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator or court penalizes or orders the company to remedy business activity performed without a legally required license, registration, or classification.
  22. Recalls a product over a documented safety risk Certified live check The company or a regulator recalls a named product because it presents a documented risk of injury, illness, fire, contamination, or death.
  23. Settles harassment claims under non-disclosure terms Catalog definition — not a live check The company resolves harassment claims using non-disclosure terms that restrict the claimant's account.

Leadership actions

11 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

  1. Leader has a documented direct relationship with Jeffrey Epstein Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, founder, or controlling shareholder personally has a documented direct meeting, trip, payment, investment, business or advisory arrangement, or sustained correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
  2. Leader is found to have concealed misconduct Catalog definition — not a live check A final regulator, court, plea, or completed investigative record directly finds that a named leader concealed material misconduct, evidence, a conviction, or another known harm.
  3. Leader is found to have defrauded consumers Catalog definition — not a live check A court or consumer regulator enters a final order, judgment, or completed settlement finding or resolving that a named leader personally directed or participated in deceptive consumer sales, advertising, reviews, or refund practices.
  4. Leader is found to have obstructed an official investigation Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader is convicted, pleads guilty, or receives a final judgment for obstructing a regulator, grand jury, court, or law-enforcement investigation.
  5. Leader is found to have violated antitrust law Catalog definition — not a live check A final court order, conviction, guilty plea, or completed settlement resolves that a named leader personally violated antitrust or premerger-notification law.
  6. Leader is penalised for bribing public officials Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder admits, is convicted of, or enters a completed resolution for personally paying, offering, or conspiring to pay a bribe to a public official.
  7. Leader is penalised for financial-law violations Catalog definition — not a live check A final order, judgment, conviction, guilty plea, or completed settlement personally resolves a named leader's securities fraud, accounting fraud, insider trading, or financial-disclosure violation with a remedy.
  8. Leader is personally penalised by a regulator or court Catalog definition — not a live check A final regulator or court order, adjudicated finding, guilty plea, conviction, or completed settlement imposes a monetary, custodial, conduct, or leadership remedy on a named leader.
  9. Leader personally faces enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, founder, or controlling shareholder is personally the subject of an unresolved enforcement or legal matter — regulatory, securities, fraud, bribery, workplace-discrimination, privacy, or similar — through a suit or charge filed against them, or formal proceedings opened against them.
  10. Leader personally funds homelessness relief or housing Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder completes a material personal donation or donor-controlled grant for homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, supportive housing, affordable housing, or research directly aimed at reducing homelessness.
  11. Leader personally settles a harassment or abuse claim Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder personally enters a completed settlement resolving a claim of harassment, sexual assault, or abuse. A settlement establishes resolution, not an admission or finding that the allegations were true.