General Dynamics Corporation — Ethics Grade C-

General Dynamics Corporation receives an overall ethics grade of C- (42/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Defense & Aerospace. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 70
• privacy: 60
• consumer: 50
• environment: 45
• humanRights: 20

Documented incidents (3)

• Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia (high, 2018) — Human rights groups criticized the company for supplying bombs and military equipment used by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemen civil war. Reports linked General Dynamics components to strikes on civilian infrastructure.
• Migrant Child Detention Services (medium, 2018) — The company faced protests for its contracts to provide case management and IT services for the Office of Refugee Resettlement during the 'zero tolerance' policy that separated families at the U.S. border.
• Government Overbilling (low, 2023) — A subsidiary agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for labor hours on a federal contract. The settlement addressed inflated billing for hours not actually worked.

Documented good deeds

• Veteran Employment Initiative — General Dynamics consistently ranks as a top employer for military veterans, with over 20% of its workforce having a military background.

Ethical alternatives

• Leidos Holdings — Focuses more on IT and logistics with less direct involvement in controversial kinetic munitions manufacturing.