CorpWatch

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Corp Watch
Formation1996
Type Environmental justice, human rights
Headquarters Berkeley, California, United States
Leader Pratap Chatterjee, Executive Director
Website corpwatch.org

CorpWatch is a research group based in Berkeley, California, USA. Its stated mission is to expose corporate malfeasance and to advocate for multinational corporate accountability and transparency.

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  1. "The Story Behind The Informant!". Community.corpwatch.org. Retrieved 2012-08-20.