10 Biggest Socially Irresponsible Companies In America

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  1. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)
  2. With a score of only 58.30, Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)’s reputation quotient is one of the lowest on the Harris Poll’s list. The oil and gas player is notorious for its controversial deals during the war in Iraq. It reportedly scooped up $39.5 billion worth of contracts by benefiting from the conflict. Then-U.S. vice president Dick Cheney, Halliburton’s former CEO, was believed to have helped the company win contracts without going through a legal bidding process. The company likewise earned the ire of environmentalists amid the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, for which it was found co-responsible and was ordered to pay $1.1 billion.

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