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Delphi Automotive.

DLPH.US | Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles

Delphi Automotive, now Aptiv, was a global technology company serving the automotive and commercial vehicle markets. It designed, engineered, and manufactured vehicle components, systems, and advanced technologies, including autonomous driving systems, advanced safety systems, connected services, in...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Delphi Automotive (now Aptiv) has faced scrutiny over its ethics. Reports suggest the company was linked to a large-scale recall of approximately 52 million airbag systems, with Delphi manufacturing 11 million faulty inflators between 2001-2004, allegedly connected to two fatalities and seven injuries. Critics also point to a significant CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio of 5,294:1 in 2020, with the CEO earning $31.3 million compared to the median worker's $5,906. Historically, Delphi was subpoenaed by the SEC in 2004 for irregular accounting practices. However, Aptiv has also been recognized as one of the 'World's Most Ethical Companies' by Ethisphere in both 2021 and 2023, and achieved a 4.4 kg reduction in waste disposal per employee across its manufacturing sites over three years.

Value Scores

Better Health for All-60
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect-30
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business0
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

-60

Delphi Automotive's safety record is significantly negative, with two fatalities and seven injuries directly linked to defective air bag inflators.

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The company manufactured 11 million of these faulty inflators between 2001 and 2004
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, contributing to a recall of approximately 52 million air bag systems.
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Additionally, seven smaller recalls of inflators have occurred since 2017.
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Regarding risk transparency, Delphi denied product defects in May 2023 in response to a recall request from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
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, despite NHTSA declaring the inflators defective after an eight-year investigation.
6

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

Delphi Automotive (DLPH.US), now Aptiv, is described as a global technology company focused on automotive components, systems, and advanced technologies.

1
The provided articles discuss its automotive business and its emergence from bankruptcy.
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No evidence was found in the articles to indicate that DLPH.US offers lending, insurance, deposit services, or any other financial products to consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' are not applicable to the company's core business operations.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

-30

In 2021, Aptiv's CEO to median employee pay ratio was 5,294:1

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, with the CEO receiving $31.3 million
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and the median employee earning $5,906
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. The company's employee satisfaction rating is 3.6 out of 5 stars
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, which translates to 72%.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No specific data relevant to DLPH.US's fair trade and ethical sourcing practices, such as fair-trade certification share, audit frequency, forced/child labor incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend, was found in the provided articles.

Honest & Fair Business

0

No specific, quantifiable evidence was found in the provided article to assess Delphi Automotive (Aptiv) against the defined KPIs for Honest & Fair Business. Information regarding regulatory fines

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, transparency index scores from specified benchmarks
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, whistleblower policies
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, financial restatements within the past five years
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, audit coverage
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, ESG controversy scores
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, complaint resolution times
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, board conflict-free percentages
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, anti-corruption policies
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, or third-party verification
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was not available or did not meet the specific criteria for scoring.

Kind to Animals

0

No specific evidence regarding Delphi Automotive (DLPH.US) and its practices related to animal welfare, animal testing, or animal-derived products was found in the provided articles. The articles discuss general trends in non-animal testing, funding for alternative methods by other organizations and companies, and the market for such technologies, but do not contain any data points directly attributable to DLPH.US.

No War, No Weapons

0

No evidence available to assess Delphi Automotive on No War, No Weapons.

Planet-Friendly Business

0

No evidence available to assess Delphi Automotive on Planet-Friendly Business.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

The provided article details a leadership development program involving 18 participants, 152 sessions, and 75 topics over a 3-year period.

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This information is not relevant to assessing the company's performance against the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' ethical value, and no specific data points pertaining to the defined KPIs were found.

Safe & Smart Tech

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to assess Delphi Automotive (now Aptiv) against any of the 'Safe & Smart Tech' KPIs. The articles primarily focus on financial performance

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or general concepts
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, explicitly stating a lack of data for relevant metrics such as data breaches, AI ethics, cybersecurity investment, privacy certifications, or user data control.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

The provided articles do not contain specific, quantifiable data points that align with the defined KPIs for 'Zero Waste & Sustainable Products' for DLPH.US (Aptiv). is a general research study on the automotive circular economy and explicitly states it does not contain company-specific data. mentions a '4.4 kg reduction in waste disposal per employee in 3 years'.

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but this metric does not directly map to the quantitative thresholds or requirements of any of the listed KPIs, such as waste diversion rate, number of waste reduction initiatives, or specific product/packaging sustainability metrics.

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