Merck KGaA Rotten Score Breakdown
💼Corporate Misconduct
Rotten to the core
Avg Rating: 5.00Ratings: 1Severity Score: 6.00Evidence Count: 1Contribution: 30.0 pts
Misconduct: low 0 · medium 0 · high 1
Remediation: low 0 · medium 0 · high 0ⓘ cap: 25%
Merck Penalized in European Vitamin Price-Fixing Cartel
The European Commission found Merck KGaA responsible for participation in the major European vitamins cartel investigated at the end of the 1990s.
The cartel arrangements involved coordination over vitamin prices and markets and formed part of what the Commission described as an exceptionally serious series of antitrust infringements. Merck received a €9.24 million fine in the Commission's 2001 decision.
Source:
EUR-Lex / European Commission case material
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62002TJ0015
📰Human Rights & Exploitation
No documented evidence
Avg Rating: —Ratings: 0Severity Score: 0.00Evidence Count: 0Contribution: 0.0 pts
🎭Fraud & Corruption
No documented evidence
Avg Rating: —Ratings: 0Severity Score: 0.00Evidence Count: 0Contribution: 0.0 pts
🧪Deceptive Practices
No documented evidence
Avg Rating: —Ratings: 0Severity Score: 0.00Evidence Count: 0Contribution: 0.0 pts
🚨Environmental Harm
No documented evidence
Avg Rating: —Ratings: 0Severity Score: 0.00Evidence Count: 0Contribution: 0.0 pts
🌱Sustainability Deception
No documented evidence
Avg Rating: —Ratings: 0Severity Score: 0.00Evidence Count: 0Contribution: 0.0 pts
💸Workplace Misconduct
No documented evidence
Avg Rating: —Ratings: 0Severity Score: 0.00Evidence Count: 0Contribution: 0.0 pts
⚠️Financial Misconduct
No documented evidence
Avg Rating: —Ratings: 0Severity Score: 0.00Evidence Count: 0Contribution: 0.0 pts