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3M

manufacturing

19 👺

Is 3M Ethical?

3M is highly unethical

3M is a United States-based manufacturing corporation that has been found underpaying workers ^[1], engaging in age‑based employment discrimination ^[2]^[3], bribing Chinese officials ^[4]^[5], covering up widespread environmental contamination and releasing pollution into Belgium's environment ^[6]^[7]^[8]. The company has also sold toxic firefighting foams that contaminated rivers and exposed workers to carcinogenic chemicals ^[9]^[10], contaminated drinking water supplies with PFAS chemicals, affecting families with young children ^[11]^[12]^[13], knowingly sold faulty dental products ^[14], and distributed defective earplugs that caused hearing loss ^[15]^[16].

Alternatives to 3M

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7 alternative companies tagged: manufacturing

Yamaha Corporation

manufacturing

48 😐

Yamaha Corporation is a Japanese musical equipment manufacturer that has engaged in price fixing [1][2][3].

Bic

manufacturing

47 😐

Bic is a consumer goods company that has been accused of greenwashing and deception in their advertising [1], sexist advertising [2], and animal testing [3].

Yamaha Motor Company

cars

45 😐

Yamaha Motor Company is a Japanese motor vehicle manufacturer that has sold vehicles not meeting emissions standards [1], and has also falsified emissions data on multiple occasions [2][3].

Canon

electronics

42 😐

Canon is a Japanese multinational corporation accused of anti-competitive conduct [1][2], failing to pay technicians for overtime and breaks [3], and engaging in predatory printer ink sales practices [4]. Canon has also been linked to climate change denial groups [5][6].

Axis Communications

electronics

42 😐

Axis Communications is owned by Canon.

Nikon

electronics

35 😡

Nikon is owned by Mitsubishi.

BYD

manufacturing

20 😡

BYD is a Chinese car and manufacturing company which is the world's largest manufacturer of electric vehicles and has ties to the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese Military [1][2], and has utilised forced Uyghur labour [1], "slave-like" working conditions [3][4] and human-trafficked workers [5]. BYD has tried to silence those who criticise them using legal action [6][7], and its factories have polluted their surroundings and caused illnesses in local children [8][9][10].