Truck company fined for safety violations after forklift accident

The state [of North Carolina] has fined Daimler Trucks for safety violations following a forklift accident last summer. The Labor Department cited Daimler for one alleged serious violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina with a total penalty of $2,750. More on wbtv.com Daimler (DAI:Xetra) (DAI:GR) was a Gold Contributor to the Foundation for the Global Compact in 2008 and LEAD contributor in 2012.

Mercedes could quit F1 over bribery scandal

Formula One’s high profile bribery scandal could cause German carmaker Mercedes to quit the sport. More on Yalla1.com Mercedes is a division of Daimler AG(DAI:Xetra), a Global Compact participant since 2000/07/26. Daimler was a Gold Contributor to the Foundation for the Global Compact in 2008.

Top Ten List of Corporate defendants in the FCPA

On April 8, 2011,  the FCPA blog listed the current top ten list of corporate defendants in an FCPA-related forfeiture. Among them, 5 were U.N Global Compact participants Siemens (a long story...), ENI S.p.A ,Technip S.A., Daimler AG, and Alcatel-Lucent.  ABB Ltd., one of the Global Compact founding fathers was listed in the 11th position, thus not on the list. 

Read the FCPA Blog Entry here.
Official Press release from the S.E.C.:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2010/lr21588.htm