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Article

22 Sep 2017

Author:
Good Jobs First

USA: Violation Tracker database expands coverage of cases of corporate crime & misconduct, incl. health & safety, discrimination, environment

"From Enron to Wells Fargo: Expanded Violation Tracker Now Covers 18 Years of Corporate Crime & Misconduct", 18 Sep 2017

An expansion of Violation Tracker, the first public database of corporate crime and misconduct in the United States, now makes it possible to access details of cases…Violation Tracker, produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, is available at no charge at www.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker.

“With coverage from 2000 onward, Violation Tracker now spans the entire modern corporate crime wave from Enron and WorldCom through Wells Fargo and Volkswagen,” said Good Jobs First Research Director Philip Mattera, who leads the work on the database. Previously the database covered the period since 2010…

Violation Tracker’s entries, which come from more than 40 federal regulatory agencies and the major divisions of the U.S. Justice Department, cover a wide array of civil and criminal offenses, including: violations of environmental, workplace safety, drug safety, consumer product safety, and transportation safety regulations…collective bargaining and fair labor standards violations; employment discrimination…and corporate tax evasion. Cases handled solely by individual U.S. Attorney offices and by state agencies will be added later…

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