2007-10-10 21:43:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Wal-Mart. Regularly. With their employees hating them, how they treat employees (e.g. closing that store in Montreal because they formed a union, allegedly), that fake blog written by an "elderly couple" who visited Wal-Marts all over the US... list goes on. There are people who fervently hate the company and believe that it's satanic.
McDonald's and "Super-Size Me" is another famous one.
Microsoft and anti-trust cases all over the world.
Honestly most big companies have probably taken some severe PR body-blows at some point. It seems to come with the territory, and "big capitalist = evil" is an association that is very easily for the public (and therefore the media) to make at the slightest excuse.
2007-10-10 21:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by The Camel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Macneil Labs, a division of J&J, managed to avert a PR disaster when their product Tylenol was found to be tainted. As soon as it was discovered, they pulled all stock off the shelves of every retailer and wholesaler, stopped production and traced the source of contamination. All finished product was destroyed at a cost of billions of dollars. And there was an open campaign from day 1 to the public thru news media, tv ads, print etc. for consumers to turn in their recent purchases and receive free coupons.
The company was lauded for their efforts where people were actually put before profits.
2007-10-12 10:00:12 · answer #2 · answered by liorio1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mattel toys having to recall toys painted with lead paint by their Chinese factories.
2007-10-11 08:15:34 · answer #3 · answered by Sandy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋