Exxon Mobil Corp

👍 30%

👥 40% | 🌏 43% | 💰 49%
 

Recycling Showdown

Exxon Mobil is fighting back against allegations that it intentionally deceived the public for decades about the efficacy of recycling, counter-suing California for defamation after the state sued Exxon for propagating plastic pollution.

The fossil fuels giant is spending $200M to expand its advanced recycling capabilities in Texas and disputes that it ever overstated the recyclability of plastic.

UnitedHealth Group

👍 32%

👥 42% | 🌏 49% | 💰 49%
 

Costly Deception

America's largest health insurer must pay $165 million for misleading Massachusetts consumers into buying supplementary insurance policies they didn't need by concealing policy costs. It was the state's largest-ever civil penalty under its consumer protection laws.

UnitedHealth plans to appeal the ruling, but its HealthMarkets subsidiary has a history of alleged deceptive practices.

McDonald’s Corp

👍 58%

👥 46% | 🌏 50% | 💰 51%
 

Diversity Retreat

McDonald's has backed away from its pledges to achieve certain gender, racial, and other representation goals with its staff and suppliers amid growing legal, consumer, and investor pressure against diversity initiatives, though it expressed commitment to inclusion.

The fast food giant has faced multiple lawsuits over racial discrimination from its restaurant franchise owners in recent years.

Apple Inc.

👍 68%

👥 58% | 🌏 57% | 💰 69%
 

Privacy Payout

Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle claims that Siri unlawfully recorded millions of users' private conversations without their knowledge and shared the information with third-party advertisers.

The cost of the settlement won't be financially significant for the tech giant, which earned over $93 billion in profit in its latest fiscal year.

JetBlue Airways Corporation

👍 42%

👥 48% | 🌏 46% | 💰 48%
 

Late Fees

JetBlue will have to pay at least $75 to all passengers suffering significant delays this year on top of a $1M regulatory fine for chronically delayed flights that arrive more than 30 minutes late more than half the time.

The airline said it has invested tens of millions to improve air traffic efficiency, but regulators blame the airline for 70% of nearly 400 delays or cancellations across four chronically delayed flights.