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Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
03/08/2017
(Samsung)
Report accuses electronics companies for: holding a large voting bloc on most U.S. green standards groups; consistently opposing repair and reuse designs for their products; instead approve criteria they can easily achieve and earn green certificates.          United StatesRepair.org, Motherboard.VICEConsumer Deception, Lobbying, Negligence, Pollution
12/08/2016SamsungInvestigation finds that South Korean authorities repeatedly allowed Samsung to block the release of information about chip workers' exposure to chemicals and other hazards.South KoreaAssociated PressFraud, Negligence, Occupational Hazard
27/08/2014JCY International
(Supplier Of Samsung)
Workers riot at JCY Int. factory, highlighting accusations of poor working conditions after the death of an employee.Johor MalaysiaReuters, Wall Street JournalDeaths, Negligence, Occupational Hazard
13/06/2008
(Samsung)
Study shows mobile phone companies use cobalt from DR Congo, running the risk of supporting illegal export and unfair mining practices, which often involves severe human rights abuses.DR CongoDanWatchChild Labor, Forced Labor, Negligence, Occupational Hazard
23/05/2005
(Supplier Of Samsung)
Greenpeace accuses major electronics companies for using unrecyclable and toxic materials in their products causing pollution and health hazards in poor Asian countries where electronics are discarded.  India and ChinaGreenpeace, (2)Negligence, Pollution