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American Express Co.
| Headquarters location: World Financial Center, 200 Vesey St. New York, NY 10285 |  | Tel. 212-640-2000 Job offers, investor relations: www.americanexpress.com Stock:  |
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« ETHICAL » RATING OF AMERICAN_EXPRESS
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| Human: 2 violation(s) of fundamental human rights |
| Job: 19% of company's jobs cut since 1998 |
| Delinquency: 2 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency |
| Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 18 offshore financial center(s) |
| Sales: more than 26 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales |
| Net profit: more than 14 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 |
| Top management: earns 1197 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) |
| Influence: 6 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
| Advertising & marketing: 2 dubious practice(s) |
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American Express is managed by |
year name | photo position; compensation source |
| 2002Chenault, Kenneth |  Chief Executive Officer; salary: 10.38 million US$; stock-options: 7.92 million US$; |
| 2002Cracchiolo, James |  Chairman; salary: 4.76 million US$; stock-options: 3.06 million US$; |
| 2000Chenault, Kenneth |  Chairman of the Board; salary: 6.2 million US$; stock-options: 11.7 million US$; |
| 2000Cracchiolo, James |  Chairman; salary: 4.9 million US$; stock-options: 0.25 million US$; |
| 2000Linen, Jonathan |  Vice-president; salary: 3 million US$; stock-options: 6.6 million US$; |
| 1998Golub, Harvey |  Chief Executive Officer; salary: 38.34 million US$; |
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year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
| 2002 | 75500 | |  |
| 2000 | 89000 | |  |
| 1998 | 73620 | |  |
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| 2007 | United States of America : American Express agreed to pay $65 million to settle claims that its international private banking group was used to launder $55 million in drug proceeds. It's the biggest ever money laundering penalty paid by a U.S. financial institution. | Forbes  |
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| 2001 | Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : David Hartridge, directeur de la division des services à l'OMC: «Sans l'énorme pression générée par le secteur américain des services financiers, particulièrement American Express et Citicorp, il n'y aurait eu aucun accord sur les services». : : OMC translate |  |
| 2001 | Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translate | USCIB  |
| 2000 | Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translate | Center for.  |
| 2000 | Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translate | Corporate .  |
| 1999 | Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS translate | Corporate .  |
| 1998 | Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 175 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate | Center for.  |
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year | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | assets | buyback | source |
| 2006 |
| | | | 200 | million shares |  |
| 2006 |
American Express a été condamné par un tribunal de Miami a rembourser à 800 000 clients 75 millions de $ d'honoraires prélevés sur les achats en monnaie autre que le dollar. |
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| 2004 |
Overbilled pension funds investors: global fine of 21,5 million US dollars |
| | | |   | | Reuters  |
| 2003 |
| 25.87 | 2.99 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2002 |
| 23.81 | 2.67 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2001 |
| 22.58 | 1.31 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2000 |
| 23.68 | 2.81 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 1999 |
| 21.28 | 2.48 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 1998 |
| 19.13 | 2.14 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 1998 |
| | | 173.4 |   | billion US$ |  |
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