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Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC.

OZM.US | Fund management activities

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, before its acquisition and rebranding as Sculptor Capital Management, was a global alternative asset manager primarily engaged in providing investment management services. The company managed multi-strategy hedge funds, credit funds, and real estate funds for i...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Och-Ziff Capital Management (now Sculptor Capital) has a mixed ethical profile. The company faced significant regulatory scrutiny, paying a $213 million criminal fine to the DOJ and nearly $200 million to the SEC in 2016 for alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations in Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A subsidiary pled guilty to conspiracy. Employee sentiment, as reflected in Glassdoor reviews, averages 3.4/5, with reports suggesting lower pay than peers and notable turnover. The 2022 CEO pay ratio was 201:1. Data on other ethical areas is largely unavailable.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect0
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons-40
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business0
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

0

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, operating as Sculptor Capital Management, is an investment management firm. Its principal business involves managing multi-strategy hedge funds, credit funds, and real estate funds, generating revenue from management fees and incentive income. While Sculptor Capital Management made a €245 million investment in Therme Group for 'wellbeing infrastructure,' this represents an investment in another entity and does not constitute the firm's core business, R&D, or principal service focused on health improvement.

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Therefore, the company's operations are considered neutral or not applicable across all health-related KPIs.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., the rebranded entity of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, has no specific regulatory actions, violations, fines, or compliance issues mentioned in the provided articles

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. As an alternative asset manager primarily serving institutional investors, the company does not offer consumer credit products, and therefore, no fair-lending history is available to evaluate.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

0

The CEO total compensation to median employee compensation ratio was 201:1 in 2022.

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Employee satisfaction surveys for US employees indicate an average rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars (76%), with 66% recommending the company to a friend.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC is a global alternative asset manager primarily engaged in providing investment management services. Its business model does not involve the procurement or trading of physical commodities, nor does it have a traditional supply chain for goods. Therefore, all Key Performance Indicators related to fair trade and ethical sourcing, which are designed for companies with physical supply chains, are not applicable to its operations.

Honest & Fair Business

0

The provided articles discuss Och-Ziff Capital Management's past regulatory issues, specifically Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations in 2016, which resulted in a $213 million criminal fine to the DOJ

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and nearly $200 million to the SEC
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. However, these events fall outside the past three years for the 'regulatory_fines_3y' KPI. No specific, current data points were found in the articles for any of the other KPIs, including transparency index scores, whistleblower policies, financial restatements, audit coverage, ESG controversy, complaint resolution times, board conflict of interest percentages, anti-corruption policy strength, or third-party verification of ethical claims.

Kind to Animals

0

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (OZM.US), an alternative asset manager, does not have direct operations involving animal products, testing, or agriculture. While Sculptor Capital Management (formerly OZM.US) invested in Terravet REIT, a real estate investment trust focused on veterinary practices, the provided articles offer no information on the animal welfare practices of these facilities or OZM.US's influence on them.

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Consequently, all KPIs related to animal welfare are not applicable based on the available evidence.

No War, No Weapons

-40

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (now Sculptor Capital Management Inc.) settled U.S. criminal charges in 2016 for a decade-old bribery scheme (2005-2012).

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The company paid a total of $412 million, including a $213 million criminal penalty, and its CEO paid a $2.17 million fine.
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A subsidiary, OZ Africa Management GP LLC, pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Och-Ziff entered a deferred prosecution agreement for conduct in Congo, Libya, Chad, and Niger, and agreed to the appointment of an independent monitor.
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The company received a $300 million investment from the Libyan Investment Authority.
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The firm is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)
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and its Partner Management Committee oversees ESG matters quarterly.
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Its "Sculpting Change" initiative supports various social causes, including veterans.
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Planet-Friendly Business

0

No specific data for OZM.US (Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC) was provided in the articles. The quantitative data presented in Articles , , and explicitly pertains to "Ziff Davis," which is a distinct entity from Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC. explicitly states that its content is not about OZM.US. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the provided evidence.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

The provided articles describe Sculptor Real Estate's financial transactions, including term loans and financing for Native American tribe casino projects, as part of its investment strategy

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. However, they do not contain specific, concrete data points or actions related to any of the KPIs for 'Respect for Cultures & Communities,' such as formal partnerships, community reinvestment, cultural incident reporting, or cultural impact protocols. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the available evidence.

Safe & Smart Tech

0

No evidence available to assess Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC on Safe & Smart Tech.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

No data is provided in the articles regarding waste diversion rates, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, single-use plastic reduction, take-back programs, circular design principles, waste reduction initiatives, hazardous waste management, product durability, repairability scores, waste audit frequency, zero-waste certifications, waste disposal violations, material efficiency, packaging-to-product ratios, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, or customer waste education for OZM.US.

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The articles explicitly state a lack of publicly available data on these metrics.
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