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Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Yorozu Automotive Tennessee, Inc. & Its Impact on Public Health TL;DR: For two consecutive years, Yorozu Automotive Tennessee, Inc., a major automotive parts manufacturer, used large quantities of toxic chemicals at its facility in Morrison, Tennessee,…
Corporate Greed Case Study: 440 Corp. & Its Impact on Restaurant Workers TL;DR: At The Ridge Great Steaks & Seafood, owned by 440 Corp., servers making just $2.15 an hour were forced to pool their tips. But when there was…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Avient vs. Westlake and the Toxic Legacy in Calvert City For the people of Calvert City, Kentucky, the environmental scars of industry are a permanent feature of the landscape. At a local vinyl-manufacturing complex, decades of…
The Price of Exclusivity The modern music industry operates on a fundamentally different economic model than it did just two decades ago. The precipitous decline of physical album sales, which fell by 50% between 1999 and 2009, and the rise…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: World Vision Inc. & Its Impact on LGBTQ+ Workers TL;DR: World Vision Inc., a global Christian humanitarian organization, extended a job offer to a qualified candidate, Aubry McMahon, and then rescinded it days later for one…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. / Encova Life & Its Impact on American Business TLDR: An American manufacturing company, Mesco Manufacturing, LLC, suffered significant hail damage to its facilities. Its insurer, Motorists Mutual Insurance Company (now known…
Corporate Pollution Case Study: Di Loreto Homes of Nevada’s (Nevada Tri Partners / Damonte Ranch Commerce Center LLC) Impact on Reno’s Waterways TL;DR In the sprawling suburbs of Reno, Nevada, two (one maybe? More on that in a little bit)…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: L3Harris Technologies, Inc. & Its Impact on Disabled Workers TLDR: A senior director with nearly three decades of service at defense contracting giant L3Harris Technologies developed a painful medical condition aggravated by work travel. After the…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Centene’s Health Plan & Its Impact on Texas Families TLDR: Insurance giant Centene, through its subsidiaries, is accused of selling health insurance in Texas with “ghost networks”—provider lists where nearly half the doctors were unavailable to…