10 Most Ruthless Companies in Business Today

9. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP)

DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) is another company on the list, as it replaced Dow Chemical, which was in fact the company that Americans rated last year (DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) has been formed earlier this year). Being a chemical company, it’s not surprising that DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) is among the most ruthless companies, as its record has many questionable practices. Just earlier this year, the company tried to push the White House administration to ignore the evidence that a family of widely used pesticide is harmful to about 1,800 endangered species. The company also successfully fought a ban on chlorpyfiros despite the fact that studies showed that its harmful to people. Dow Chemical was also named as one of the worst for the country and landed on the third spot among companies with the most negative global impact.

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