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Many large corporations in the world today are unethical in some way or another. Whether it is abusing the land, environment or abusing human and animal rights, these companies will do anything to make profit. Some of the world's largest companies and corporations have so much wealth and power that they are able to control governments and entire populations. With so many unethical companies out there it is difficult to boycott every single one of them. However, boycotting just a few can make a difference and can give you a clearer conscience.

Companies and Countries Exploiting Humans

BP
The oil giant causes immense environmental destruction around the world including areas of the gulf of Mexico.

China
The superpower continues it’s human rights abuses, with torture being permitted and slave labour conditions encouraged. China also unlawfully occupies Tibet.

Coca-Cola
The global corporation oppresses trade union activity in Colombia and depletes groundwater resources in India.

Disney
The corporation exploits children and adults to work in factories with horrendous working conditions and gives workers a very poor wage.

Halliburton
Once headed by Former Vice President Dick Cheney, Halliburton has made $20 billion from Iraqi oil, more profit than any other company.

Nestlé
The company irresponsibly markets baby milk formula which infringes the International Code of Marketing of breast milk substitutes. Poor African women are encouraged to buy Nestlés milk rather than use their own breast milk.

Nike
The company previously had production facilities in South Korea and Taiwan but workers demanded higher than poverty-level wages. As a result, Nike moved it's facilities to countries like Thailand and Vietnam where they are able to pay workers appalling wages.

Primark
The clothing chain has been found to exploit workers in third world countries by making them work in appalling conditions with very small pay.

Shell
The oil company destroys the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria by creating pollution and environmental hazards without compensating the residents.

Starbucks
For every cup of coffee the company sells, farmers in coffee-growing countries like Ethiopia earn on average 2p.

Wal-Mart
While the company claims it is against slave labour, some of it's Chinese clothing factories force workers to work in poor conditions with long hours and little pay.

Companies and Countries Exploiting Animals

Burberry
Burberry continues to use fur despite major campaigns against them.

Canada
The government sponsored slaughter has killed nearly one million seals over the last three years. Seals are killed using cruel and inhumane methods including: clubbing, skinning alive and stabbing to death.

Harrods
The luxury store is the last department store in the UK to stock fur products.

Herbal Essences
The company continues to test on animals despite a campaign by animal charity Uncaged called Boycott Hurtful Essences.

Iams (owned by Procter & Gamble)
In the past, Procter & Gamble killed 50,000 animals per year in deadly experiments. However, after much campaigning 70% of Iams laboratory animals were sent to family homes. 700 dogs and cats are still kept in a laboratory located in Dayton, Ohio and are used for non-invasive experiments.

Japan
The country continues to hunt whales and dolphins despite huge opposition. Japan claims to slaughter whales for "scientific" reasons although this could not be further from the truth. Whales and dolphins are sold for their meat with some of the dolphins being shipped to aquariums and dolphinariums around the world.

L'Oreal
The cosmetics giant has a long track record of animal abuse with millions of animals being tested on and killed by the company. The French multinational corporation uses ingredients that have been tested on animals, despite public statements to the contrary. It has also been criticised for lobbying against an EU ban on animal testing for cosmetics. Now that the EU is banning all animal testing by 2013 L’Oreal claims it will be stopping animal testing for ethical reasons.

Mars
The chocolate company have paid experimenters to kill rabbits, inject needles into the hearts of rats and submerge mice in test tubes full of water.

McDonald's
The fast-food chain is infamous for it’s incredibly cruel abuse of animals for their meat products.

Procter & Gamble
The corporate giant continues to test on animals despite the alternatives available. Brands owned by P&G include: Always, Ariel, Aussie, Bold, Braun, Clairol, Crest, Daz, Duracell, Fairy, Flash, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Iams, Max Factor, Olay, Oral B, Pampers, Pantene, Pringles, Wella and Zest.

Charities Testing on Animals

Jeans for Genes
Lepra
Leukemia Research Fund
Marie Curie Cancer Care
ME Association
Migraine Trust
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
National Asthma Campaign
National Heart Research Fund
National Kidney Research Fund
National Society for Colitis and Crohn's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK
Research Into Aging
Scope
Spinal Research
Tenovus
Wellcome Trust
World Cancer Research Fund

Action Research
Alzheimer's Society
Arthritis Research Campaign
Association for International Cancer Research
Brain Research Trust
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Campaign (including Wear It Pink)
British Heart Foundation
British Lung Foundation
Brittle Bone Society
Cancer Prevention Research Trust
Cancer Research UK
Children's Nationwide Medical Research Fund
Children With Leukaemia
Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust
DEBRA
Defeating Deafness
Diabetes UK
Digestive Disorders Foundation
Epilepsy Research Foundation

Unethical: Companies Testing on Animals

Arm & Hammer
Church & Dwight
Clairol
Clorox
Colgate-Palmolive
Glaxo Smith Kline
Johnson & Johnson/ S.C Johnson
L'Oreal
Playtex
Procter & Gamble
Schering-Plough
Suave (Unilever)
Unilever

Ethical: Companies NOT Testing on Animals

Aveda
Avon
Barry M
Bath & Body Works
Bobbi Brown
Crabtree & Evelyn Cosmetics
Estée Lauder
Lacura
L'Occitane
Lush Cosmetics
M.A.C. Cosmetics
Ojon
Superdrug