BBB Under Scrutiny

Link: http://www.bbbroundup.com

Our lead story this week is a shout out for the private sectors help in documenting criminal wrong doings by the BBB. Among the possible grounds for criminal charges is the charge of discrimination.

There's a certain ironic symmetry with one of the possible legal grounds for criminal prosecution...that of discrimination against certain businesses by the BBB. The irony comes from the BBB's use of the SLAPP to fight off civil lawsuits. The SLAPP was put in place to protect the whistle blower, the little guy, from retribution by big corporations. The BBB, a big corporation has been successful in hoodwinking our legal system into agreeing this protection should be extended to protect the BBB's (a big corporation) right to "whistle blow" against small businesses (the little guy.). Basically, the SLAPP has been stood on its head.

So, by a somewhat similar circuitous path, we could reasonably conclude that the BBB is guilty of discrimination by penalizing various businesses solely for the industry sector they are engaged in. That the BBB does in fact discriminate against businesses is clearly true, their very algorithm is documented as assigning penalties against certain industry types. What is not clear, at this time, is how the courts would look at such a discrimination suit.

There is a form to submit your criminal complaint against the BBB located here.