Moderation Guidelines

What we accept

Rotten Company focuses on documenting the behavior of companies — how they abuse and mistreat employees and how “rotten” they are. Submissions are accepted when they concern a company’s documented conduct, policies, decisions, or patterns of behavior.

• C-suite executives, board members, and senior directors acting in their official capacity.
• Managers — only where their managerial role is clearly evidenced in the submission (e.g., court filings, regulatory decisions, or credible news reports that identify the person by their managerial title and describe conduct connected to that role).

What we do not accept

The following will be removed and may result in account suspension:

• Non-leader targeting: submissions about employees, contractors, or individuals with no documented leadership or managerial responsibility.
• Sexual or explicit content of any kind.
• Doxxing and personal identifying information (PII): home addresses, personal phone numbers, personal email addresses, national identification numbers, or any information that could enable targeted harassment of an individual.
• Threats, harassment, and hate: content that threatens physical harm, encourages harassment campaigns, or promotes hatred based on protected characteristics.
• Content involving minors in any form.

Links & promotion policy

Allowed

Links are permitted when they support the evidence or provide context for the submission. Examples of acceptable sources include:

• News articles from credible outlets directly related to the conduct described.
• Court filings, regulatory decisions, or official government documents.
• Academic or non-profit research reports.

Links must be supplementary — they support the submission but are not the only content. A submission that consists solely of a link without substantive descriptive text will be rejected.

Not allowed

• Affiliate, referral, promotional, or advertising links of any kind.
• Promo codes or discount links.
• Link dumps or spam — submissions composed primarily of multiple links with little or no substantive content.

Evidence quality expectations

Strong submissions include:

• A clear description of what happened and when.
• Identification of the company involved and (if named) the leader or manager involved and their role.
• At least one verifiable source (court document, regulatory filing, news report, or official corporate communication).
• An explanation of why the conduct is relevant to corporate accountability.

Vague, unsubstantiated, or speculative submissions will be declined during review.

Moderation outcomes

Each submission is reviewed against these guidelines and results in one of the following outcomes:

• Approved — the submission meets our guidelines and is published.
• Rejected — the submission does not meet our guidelines and will not be published. If you want to try again, create a new submission with updated information and sources.

Repeated submission of content that violates these guidelines may result in account suspension.