Status: Matched via Corporate Regulatory Filing Records
100% Cocoa Bar
Manufacturer/Brand: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Wage & Hour Violations / Fair Labor Infractions
Agency: US Dept of Labor (Wage and Hour Division) Penalty: $1,200,000+ Assessed Details: Documented FLSA labor compliance penalties assessed against manufacturing operations.
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Data compiled from federal enforcement records & Violation Tracker (Good Jobs First / US Dept of Labor)
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Credits
Jonah Brucker-Cohen is an award winning researcher, artist, and writer. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Lehman College / CUNY in the Bronx. He is a New INC. mentor, was a New York Hall of Science Designer in Residence, and a visiting artist at Cornell Tech. He received his Ph.D. in the Disruptive Design Team of the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department of Trinity College Dublin.
His work focuses on the theme of “Deconstructing Networks” and includes over 100 creative projects that critically challenge and subvert accepted perceptions of network interaction and experience. His artwork has been exhibited at venues such as SFMOMA, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, MOMA, ICA London, Whitney Museum of American Art, Palais du Tokyo, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, ZKM, Transmediale, and more.
His writing has appeared in publications such as WIRED, Make, Gizmodo, Neural and more. His hardware hacking Scrapyard Challenge workshops have been held in over 15 countries globally.
UPC (Unethical Practice Checker) is an interactive media artwork that turns everyday consumer habits into a moment of critical awareness. By scanning standard product barcodes found on food and retail items, the project transforms routine grocery shopping into a portal for supply chain transparency, instantly exposing corporate labor violations and systemic workplace exploitation directly on the user’s screen.
Background
By recasting the Universal Product Code (UPC) symbol into an instrument of tactical transparency, “UPC” invites viewers to confront the hidden human cost behind corporate supply chains.