Nestle

The World Health Organization found children in developing countries who fed
on Nestlé’s infant-formula had mortality rates five to ten times greater than that
of breast-fed children. The problem was Nestlé’s sinister campaign of appointing
uniformed nurses to distribute the baby formula to poor mothers for free, long
enough for lactating mother’s milk to dry up. The mother and child now became
entirely dependent on Nestlé’s infant formula, and since most of them could not
afford the formula, they gave their children an insufficient quantity of the
formula. The formula also required clean water, which most mothers could not
access.

Nestle again made the news when they sued the country of Ethiopia, one of the
world’s poorest countries, for six million dollars during the time when it was in
the midst of the worst drought in 20 years. Nestle wanted compensation for its
stake in the Ethiopian Livestock Development Company (Eldico), which it
obtained through an investment in Schweisfurth, a German company. Ethiopia
had nationalized Eldico and sold it for a profit. Nestle finally reached a
settlement of $1.5 million with Ethiopia, the maximum the government could
afford.
Recently, Nestle has made headlines again for getting caught spying on Attac, a
non-government organization. Nestle has been ordered to pay compensation to
the organization.
Numerous other shady dealings have been reported about the big company,
from allegations of murder to harassment of a Corporate Food Safety manager.
With numerous scandals to its name, Nestle is one company that epitomizes
poor business practices, not to mention poor life practices.