Corruption & Bribery
Conduct Screen Corporate Misconduct
Documented corruption, bribery, or fraud in business operations or government dealings — FCPA violations, UK Bribery Act enforcement, kickback schemes, bid-rigging with government agencies, and systematic deception of regulators. Includes both direct bribery and facilitation payments through intermediaries. Distinct from financial_misconduct (which covers consumer-facing fraud) and political_influence (which covers legal lobbying and campaign contributions).
50 companies currently excluded under this screen
Excluded Companies (50 total)
Showing 50 of 50 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 601668.SS | China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited | China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCEC) has been excluded due to documented corruption and bribery in its international business operations. The company has faced multiple enf... |
| ACEL | ACCEL ENTERTAINMENT INC CLASS A | Propublica notes "interviews with current and former Accel employees who asked to remain anonymous, reveal that Rubenstein and his company also took advantage of connections at the Illinois Gaming Boa... |
| ADANIGREEN | Adani Green Energy Limited | Adani Green Energy Limited is named in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) civil complaint and a related Department of Justice indictment alleging a bribery scheme to secure multi-billion-... |
| AKAM | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC | Akamai Technologies entered a non-prosecution agreement with the SEC in June 2016 after internal accounting control failures allowed its China subsidiary (Akamai Beijing) to run a bribery scheme from ... |
| ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Albemarle Corporation paid ~$218.5M in combined DOJ/SEC FCPA settlements (September 2023) for systematic bribery through third-party sales agents and subsidiary employees in Vietnam, Indonesia, and In... |
| ALPMY | ASTELLAS PHARMA NPV | Astellas Pharma US paid $7.3M to resolve False Claims Act allegations for off-label marketing of Mycamine for pediatric use (2005-2010). Separately paid share of $124.75M with Amgen for illegally subs... |
| ALTS | ALT5 SIGMA CORP | ALT 5 Sigma Canada Inc., a subsidiary of ALT5 Sigma Corporation, was convicted in May 2025 by a Rwandan Intermediate Court of illicit enrichment and money laundering. The court ordered $3.5 million in... |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | $762M criminal guilty plea (2012) for off-label marketing of Aranesp. Amgen promoted the anemia drug for uses not approved by the FDA and at doses exceeding approved limits. |
| AON | AON PLC | Aon Corporation paid $16.3M in combined DOJ/SEC FCPA penalties (December 2011) for improper payments across seven countries between 1983-2007. Subsidiaries made over $3.6M in bribes to secure or retai... |
| AXP | AMERICAN EXPRESS CO | American Express agreed to pay $96 million to resolve allegations it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by failing to implement adequate internal controls to prevent and detect improper paymen... |
| BACHY | Bank of China | Bank of China's former chairman Liu Liange received a suspended death sentence in November 2024 for accepting bribes and issuing illegal loans, reflecting systemic corruption at the highest levels of ... |
| BALL | BALL CORP | Ball Corporation settled with the SEC in 2011 for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by making improper payments to foreign officials in Argentina and China and agreed to pay $300,000 in disg... |
| BDRBF | Bombardier, Inc. Class B | Bombardier has been the subject of multiple international corruption investigations related to its aircraft and railway sales. In 2017, Sweden’s National Anti-Corruption Unit charged a Bombardier empl... |
| BK | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP | Bank of New York Mellon Corp agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle SEC charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by providing student internships to family members of foreign governme... |
| BOL.PA | Bolloré SE | Bolloré SE entered into a judicial public interest agreement (CJIP) with the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office in July 2021, agreeing to pay a €12 million fine and implement a compliance p... |
| CAH | Cardinal Health | Cardinal Health has been subject to multiple enforcement actions for corruption and fraud in its business operations. In February 2020, the SEC charged Cardinal Health with violating the Foreign Corru... |
| CCO | CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HOLDINGS INC | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. agreed to pay more than $26 million to resolve SEC charges that it bribed Chinese government officials to obtain outdoor advertising contracts in violation of the F... |
| CTSH | COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation agreed to pay $25 million to resolve charges related to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for authorizing a third party to make a $2 mil... |
| CVX | Chevron Corporation | Chevron paid a $30M FCPA settlement in 2007 including $25M in disgorgement plus civil penalties for books-and-records violations related to the UN Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq. |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Delta Air Lines agreed to pay $8.1 million in July 2025 to settle Department of Justice allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by exceeding executive compensation limits it agreed to as a c... |
| EXC | Exelon | Exelon and its subsidiary Commonwealth Edison paid $46.2 million to settle SEC fraud charges in September 2023 for concealing a multi-year political corruption scheme from investors. The SEC complaint... |
| F | Ford Motor Company | Ford Motor Company paid $365M in March 2024 to settle customs fraud charges for systematically evading import duties on Transit Connect cargo vans manufactured in Turkey. From 2009 onward, Ford outfit... |
| FNF | Fidelity National Financial Inc | Fidelity National Financial has a documented history of corruption and bribery violations in its core title insurance operations. In 2011, the company paid $4.5 million to settle federal charges that ... |
| GE | General Electric Company | General Electric has paid multiple significant penalties to resolve charges of financial misconduct and corruption. In December 2020, the company agreed to pay a $200 million penalty to settle Securit... |
| GEN | Genesis Healthcare, Inc. | Genesis Healthcare paid $53.6M (June 2017) to resolve six federal False Claims Act lawsuits involving medically unnecessary therapy and hospice services across acquired subsidiaries. From 2003-2013, t... |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | Honeywell International paid $202.7M in a global FCPA settlement (December 2022) for bribery schemes in Brazil and Algeria. UOP, a U.S.-based Honeywell subsidiary, paid $4M in bribes to a Petrobras ex... |
| HSIC | HENRY SCHEIN INC | Henry Schein Inc., the world's largest distributor of healthcare products to office-based practitioners, has accumulated $41M+ in penalties since 2000 per ViolationTracker. Enforcement actions include... |
| IOSP | Innospec Inc | Innospec Inc. pleaded guilty in 2010 to bribing Iraqi government officials to secure contracts for tetraethyl lead fuel additives. An Innospec agent was sentenced to 30 months in prison. The company p... |
| IRM | IRON MOUNTAIN INC | Iron Mountain paid $44.5M (December 2014) to settle False Claims Act allegations that it systematically overcharged federal agencies for record-storage services under GSA contracts from 2001-2014. The... |
| IT | GARTNER INC | Gartner Inc. paid $2.5M to settle SEC charges (May 2023) for FCPA anti-bribery, books-and-records, and internal controls violations in South Africa. From December 2014 through August 2015, Gartner ent... |
| JBSAY | JBS SA | JBS SA, the world's largest meat producer, has been at the center of major corruption scandals involving its controlling shareholder, J&F Investimentos. In 2017, J&F agreed to a record $3.2 billion le... |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company (The) | The Coca-Cola Company has faced multiple documented instances of corruption and bribery within its global operations and bottling network. In April 2022, a former Coca-Cola Enterprises manager in the ... |
| LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Las Vegas Sands Corp. has been subject to multiple enforcement actions by U.S. authorities for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In 2023, the company agreed to pay a $9 million p... |
| MET | METLIFE INC | MetLife Bank paid $123.5M to DOJ to resolve False Claims Act allegations for knowingly originating hundreds of "underwater" and ineligible FHA-insured mortgages (2008-2012), contributing to foreclosur... |
| MMC | MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC | Marsh & McLennan orchestrated a systematic bid-rigging and price-fixing scheme in the commercial insurance brokerage industry. The company designated which insurer's bid would win particular accounts ... |
| NOW | SERVICENOW INC | ServiceNow is under DOJ investigation (disclosed July 2024) for improper hiring of former Army CIO Raj Iyer as global head of public sector, three months after the Army awarded a $432M five-year contr... |
| ODET.PA | Compagnie de l'Odet SE | Compagnie de l'Odet SE, the holding company for the Bolloré Group, has been excluded by the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (NBIM) due to concerns over corruption. The fund's decision is base... |
| PRU | PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | An internal probe uncovered fraudulent activities committed by 107 current and former Prudential employees against approximately 500 customers, resulting in a total loss of ¥3.1 billion ($20 million). |
| PTC | PTC INC | PTC Inc. paid $28.5M in combined DOJ/SEC FCPA settlements (February 2016) for bribing Chinese government officials through two China-based subsidiaries from 2006-2011. The subsidiaries provided ~$1.5M... |
| SRCL | STERICYCLE INC | Stericycle agreed to pay over $84 million (2022) to resolve DOJ and SEC investigations into Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. The company bribed government officials in Brazil, Mexico, and Arg... |
| STT | STATE STREET CORP | On July 2, 2018, State Street Corporation agreed to pay over $88 million to settle SEC charges that it overcharged mutual funds and other custody clients for expenses related to the firm's custody of ... |
| TD | TORONTO DOMINION BANK | TD Bank pleaded guilty to conspiring to fail to maintain an anti-money laundering program and agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties for enabling money laundering networks to transfer more than ... |
| TGLS | TECNOGLASS INC | Extensive Hindenburg Research investigative report citing leaked Mexican military intelligence explicitly alleging executives orchestrated rigged local elections and maintained deep operational ties t... |
| TS | Tenaris S.A. | Tenaris S.A.'s Brazilian subsidiary Confab Industrial paid at least $10.4 million in bribes between 2008 and 2013 to a senior procurement manager at state-owned Petrobras, securing over $1 billion in ... |
| TTWO | TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC | Take-Two Interactive engaged in systematic revenue fraud from 2000-2001, improperly recognizing ~$60M through approximately 180 "parking" transactions. The company shipped hundreds of thousands of vid... |
| TV | Grupo Televisa | Grupo Televisa has faced significant allegations of corruption and bribery in its business dealings. In 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the company with violating the F... |
| UAL | UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC | United Airlines has a documented pattern of corruption tied to its Newark Liberty International Airport hub. Three men pled guilty in a DOJ bribery and fraud investigation at Newark Airport (USAO-NJ).... |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts, Limited | Wynn Resorts, Limited has been the subject of multiple federal investigations concerning potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (... |
| XYZ | BLOCK INC | Block Inc. was ordered to pay $255M in combined penalties (January 2025) for AML and consumer fraud failures on Cash App. In a coordinated action by 48 state financial regulators, Block paid $80M for ... |
| ZTCOF | ZTE Corp | ZTE Corp has a documented history of engaging in corrupt business practices and violating international sanctions. In 2017, the company pleaded guilty and paid nearly $900 million in U.S. criminal and... |
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