We monitor multinational corporations for environmental and human rights abuses as well as corruption and fraud in order to support global justice and democracy. CorpWatch works to promote environmental, social and human rights at the local, national and global levels by holding multinational corporations accountable for their actions. We employ investigative research and journalism to provide cri
tical information on corporate malfeasance and profiteering around the world to foster a more informed public and an effective democracy. We believe the actions, decisions, and policies undertaken and pursued by private corporations have a very real impact on public life – from individuals to communities around the world. As a result, it falls to the public sphere to protect the public interest. In many cases, corporate power and influence eclipses even the democratic
political process itself as they exert disproportional influence on public policy they deem detrimental to their narrow self-interests. In less developed nations, they usurp authority altogether, often purchasing government complicity for unfair practices at the expense of economic, environmental, human, labor and social rights. Yet despite the very public impact of their actions and decisions, corporations remain bound to be accountable solely to their own private financial considerations and the interests of their shareholders. They have little incentive, nor requirement, for public transparency regarding their decisions and practices, let alone concrete accountability for their ultimate impact.
