Honda USA vs Volkswagen USA
On overall TruNorth grade, Honda USA scores higher (Honda USA: F, Volkswagen USA: F). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $475K in executive political donations; partisan lean Republican +24 across 12 executive donors.
EU Commission antitrust — Part of €875M EU cartel decision (Jul 2021) for collusion on diesel emissions cleaning systems among VW, BMW, Daimler.
Environment
air pollution violation: $18.3M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
air pollution violation: $21.6B in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Labor
58 federal penalties totaling $1.1B since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
119 federal penalties totaling $26.3B since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
No public record found.
No public record found.
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
No public record found.
Privacy
No public record found.
CFPB consumer complaints: 38 on record (25 in past 12mo); 0% timely response rate.
Executive pay
No public record found.
German BaFin — €1B BaFin / Braunschweig prosecutor fine (Jun 2018) for breach of supervisory duty in the diesel emissions scandal.
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