EMERSON ELECTRIC is screened out under 1 exclusion reason spanning 1 issue category.
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Emerson Electric manufactures electrical naval actuators used in U.S. military vessels, as identified in market reports listing the company alongside dedicated defense contractors like Moog Inc. and Honeywell. Historically, the company was a significant arms contractor, notably serving as the prime co-contractor for the Honest John missile system in the 1950s and manufacturing 40mm guns. In 1990, Emerson pleaded guilty to defrauding the Pentagon by submitting inflated cost estimates on military contracts between 1983 and 1987, agreeing to pay nearly $2 million in criminal fines and civil penalties. This pattern of developing specialized products for military applications and a history of direct contractual misconduct with the Department of Defense meets the threshold for exclusion.
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