(Puny)tive Fines - Visualizing Complexity

The size of each block represent the total net income. The shaded areas represent the size of the fine as a percent of the net income.

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Finance

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Corruption: Fraud Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Citigroup $3265 15.55%
HSBC $1947 14.27%
A.I.G. $1847 11.39%
Barclays $456 4.93%
Standard Chartered $643 13.25%
Prudential Financial $693 17.49%
Corruption Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Bank of America $847 4.11%
Corruption - Mis-Selling Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
HSBC $2451 17.10%
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Pharma

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Mis-Selling Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Pfizer $3180 30%
Johnson & Johnson $2344 23%
AstraZeneca $583 6%
Amgen $812 18%
Eli Lilly & Co $1619 33%
Abbott Laboratories $1598 32%
Merck $1121 29%
Boehringer Ingelheim $101 8%
Wyeth $17613 >100%
Serono Laboratories $882 >100%
Corruption Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
GlaxoSmithKline $3197 36.67%
Corruption - Fraud Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Hoffmann-La Roche $1413 20.25%
AstraZeneca $472 11.69%
Bayer $341 23.36%
Error Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
GlaxoSmithKline $841.5 13.72%
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Energy

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Error Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Exxon $576 1%
Shell $1820 6%
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Tech

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Anti-Competitive Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Microsoft $2646 22.48%
Corruption Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Siemens A.G. $1818 19.56%
Intel $1653 32.95%
Error Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Google $7.36 0.072%
Error Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Samsung $375.8 3.19%
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Defence

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Corruption Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Boeing $746.32 27.77%
Halliburton $660.26 50.57%
Discrimination Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Boeing $93.90 2.84%
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Media

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Corruption - Fraud Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Time Warner $3006 >100%
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Retail

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Corruption - Fraud Company Size of Fine (millions of dollars)* Fine as Percent of Net Income
Royal Ahold $1378 >100%
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*Nominal values of fines have been adjusted for inflation