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2.15.2005 ||>   Everybody knows the deal is rotten

During the World Economic Forum held in late January, the "Public Eye Awards" were presented to spotlight the most irresponsible countries in the world. The companies included:

1. Shell, for 49 years of conscientious gas burning and oil dumping in the Nile Delta, and refusing to clean up their mess or even change thier ways.
   
   
2. Wal-Mart, for their dedication to providing some of the worst sweatshops.
   
   
3. KPMG Int'l for sponsoring massive tax-avoidance as its main policy and dumping its debts on the public.
   
   
4. Dow Chemical, which created the largest chemical disaster in the world and is therefore responsible for 20,000 deaths in Bhopal, India but yet refuses liability.
   

The winner (I could have guessed anyway) goes to Nestle, for making formula the very best and telling mothers not to breastfeed. Not breastfeeding accounts for about 1.5 million deaths worldwide per year. They also have a very spotty track record when it comes to treating workers like human beings.

I wonder if there's a special hell just for the people that decide, "Hey, it would cost too much to clean up our act, so let's not accept any liability for our impact on human life!"

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