OFC is a consumer-research tool. It helps people understand public, source-backed company conduct before buying, using institutional conduct only - never identity, religion, nationality, ethnicity, founders, employees, or private individuals.
This methodology explains how records are reviewed, scored, corrected, disputed, and removed. Source availability is checked automatically; evidence judgments require human review.
What OFC is and is not
What not to send
Do not submit claims based on ethnicity, religion, nationality, founders, employees, private individuals, rumors, social-media screenshots without source verification, or harassment targets.
What OFC checks
OFC checks products, brands, producers, parent companies, major ownership clues, investors, services, websites, apps, and source-backed evidence records. Product identity and public company context are clues; status decisions require reviewed evidence.
Evidence exists, but the link may be indirect or lower priority.
Research Needed
Possible or user-submitted link that needs more review.
No reviewed match found
No reviewed evidence match found. OFC has not connected this search to a reviewed evidence record; this is not ethical clearance.
Disputed
The company contests the claim or evidence conflicts.
Removed / Outdated
Previously listed, but no current verified evidence remains.
Confidence ladder
High
barcode identity plus owner/producer context from a strong public or official source
Medium
public catalog or brand-guide identity with some fields still needing review
Low
OCR, commerce fallback, user submission, or thin source data only
Evidence categories
What the category numbers mean
The numbers 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0 are evidence weights used by OFC to sort reviewed conduct. They are not company counts, moral scores, or proof by themselves. Higher weights mean the reviewed source describes a more direct institutional link.
Direct military or security support - weight 5
Arms, surveillance, policing, intelligence, checkpoints, prisons, military logistics, weapons, or direct security infrastructure named by a reviewed source.
Settlement activity - weight 4
Construction, transport, tourism, utilities, real estate, finance, services, natural-resource use, or infrastructure connected to Israeli settlements in reviewed sources.
State propaganda or official partnership - weight 3
Official state campaigns, sponsorships, formal partnerships, or public programs that support state policy, public diplomacy, or propaganda objectives.
Financial complicity - weight 2
Loans, investment, insurance, banking, credit, underwriting, or major financing connected to settlement, military, security, or related infrastructure.
Public corporate support - weight 2
Official company statements, donations, campaigns, or partnerships supporting state policy, military action, or documented institutional conduct.
Indirect or weak link - weight 1
Evidence exists but the link is indirect, dated, disputed, user-submitted, or not strong enough for a priority listing without more review.
Cleared or removed - weight 0
A previous claim is retained only to show that current reviewed evidence no longer supports the listing, or that the record was removed, resolved, or outdated.
Source hierarchy
Tier 1 - occupation trackers
Primary occupation-related trackers such as UN OHCHR, BDS campaign targets, Who Profits, AFSC, and DBIO. These sources can support status decisions when the company relationship is verified.
Sources in this tier: UN OHCHR 2025, BDS guide, Who Profits, AFSC Investigate.
Tier 2 - ownership, investors, and public contracts
Legal-entity, ownership, investor, creditor, and public-contract sources. These can explain who is behind a brand, but they usually need a separate evidence match before changing status.
Sources in this tier: GLEIF LEI, SEC EDGAR, DBIO 2025, Companies House, USAspending, EU TED.
Tier 3 - sanctions, labor, human-rights, and public records
General risk and accountability sources. They are useful context, not automatic occupation-complicity evidence, and require careful entity review.
Sources in this tier: OpenSanctions, World Bank, U.S. CSL, DOL forced labor, BHRRC, OECD Watch, ADB sanctions, AfDB sanctions, EBRD ineligible, IDB sanctions, ICIJ Offshore, OCCRP Aleph.
Tier 4 - product identity and regulated-product sources
Barcode, product-label, catalog, medical-device, book, music, and food datasets. These identify the item and possible company clues; they do not clear or condemn a product by themselves.
Sources in this tier: GS1, Open Supply Hub, AccessGUDID, GMDN, WHO devices.
Product-identification sources
GS1 Verified by GS1
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
AccessGUDID
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
Global Medical Device Nomenclature
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
WHO medical devices and health technology resources
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
Open Facts product metadata
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
USDA FoodData Central
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
Open Library ISBN metadata
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
openFDA and DailyMed
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
MusicBrainz media metadata
Used as a public product-identity or context source. A match can identify a product, barcode, producer, owner, or origin clue, but it is not ethical clearance or occupation evidence by itself.
Limits, gaps, and corrections
No reviewed match found
No reviewed evidence match found means OFC has not connected the search to a reviewed evidence record. It does not prove the company is ethically clear, and it does not prove no evidence exists elsewhere.
Label photo reading
Label OCR can help identify a product, barcode, producer, importer, origin, or brand clue. OCR is not evidence by itself and may be wrong, so it should be reviewed before changing records.
Data gaps
No reviewed match found means OFC has not found a reviewed source-backed link in the current data. It does not prove that no connection exists elsewhere and it is not ethical clearance.
Corrections and disputes
Additions, removals, disputes, lowered ratings, ownership corrections, and barcode fixes go through the same moderation queue. A sourced correction can move a record to Disputed, Removed / Outdated, or another status.
Record schema
Every result should explain what was identified, which company chain was used, what source supports the rating, the source date, the review date, confidence, dispute state, data gaps, and how to submit a correction.