Plenty of companies have made mistakes. Fewer show no remorse for those mistakes and continue to make them intentionally. These are the corporations that were publicly reprimanded, fined, sued, or otherwise regulated, and still found themselves in trouble again later. In some cases, the issues were safety related. In others, they involved fraud, privacy, labour practices, or environmental damage. The common thread is repetition. Regulators stepped in. Executives testified. Settlements were paid. Then another scandal followed. Here are 15 companies that did not just stumble once, but kept testing the limits.
Ford Motor Company
Ford faced major backlash in the 1970s over the Pinto fuel tank design, which was linked to deadly fires. Decades later, the company dealt with additional safety controversies, including rollover issues with the Explorer and Firestone tire failures.
Wells Fargo
After the fake accounts scandal in 2016, which led to billions in fines, Wells Fargo continued to face investigations. Subsequent issues included improper auto insurance charges, wrongful home foreclosures, and compliance failures that triggered new penalties years after the initial reprimand.
Following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook was fined and promised reforms. It later faced additional scrutiny over data handling practices, misinformation management, and internal research disclosures related to user harm.
