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« ETHICAL » RATING OF BAYER
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| Labor: 2 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights |
| Job: 29% of company's jobs cut since 1998 |
| Environment: 6 major pollution(s) |
| Delinquency: 8 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency |
| Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 5 offshore financial center(s) |
| Sales: more than 30 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales |
| Net profit: more than 7 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 |
| Influence: 11 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
| Advertising & marketing: 2 dubious practice(s) |
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| 2007 | | ILO violation 138 : Bayer's subcontractors for the cotton harvest in the States of Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, employ hundreds of thousands of teenagers of less than 18 years old and children of less than 14 years old.: India |  |
| 2007 | -950 | Merger/Acquisition: Bayer cuts about 20% of Shering's workforce in Berlin.: Germany | Les Echos  |
| 2006 | -6000 | Merger/Acquisition: Bayer plans to cut 10% of the combined workforce of Bayer and Shering.: Germany | AFP |
| 2002 | 122600 | |  |
| 1999 | 120400 | | |
| 1999 | 120000 | | |
| 1998 | 145100 | | |
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| 2000 | Limit the legal liability, no price control, no list of preferred drugs, hampers the approval and marketing of generic drugs, no drug imports, no limit to drug advertising… : Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America : : US government, congress, senate translate | Washington. |
| 2000 | Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations translate | Corporate . |
| 2000 | lift the ban on bovine growth hormon : FEDESA : : European Commission translate | Fedesa |
| 2000 | Market access (through WTO), cheaper energy (through energy liberalization in Europe); uniform rules to enable the patenting of plants and animals (through TRIPS); prevent advert legislation on chemicals, self-regulation instead; : CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) : : European Commission translate | Corporate . |
| 2000 | Lift the ban on bovine growth hormons, the moratorium on GMOs : EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations) : : European Commission translate | EFPIA |
| 1999 | Market admission for genetically modified organisms : EuropaBio : : European Commission translate | Corporate . |
| 1999 | Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translate | Corporate . |
| 1999 | Access to public services (privatization through GATS) : ERT (European Roundtable of Industrialists) : : European Commission translate | Corporate . |
| 1998 | Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 188 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate | Center for. |
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| 2007 |
The European Commission has fined Bayer AG, Denka Group, EI Du Pont de Nemours & Co, Dow Chemical Co, ENI and Tosoh Corp a total of 243.2 mln eur for participating in a cartel for chloroprene rubber between 1993 and 2002. The companies involved shared the market and fixed prices for chloroprene rubber, which is used for rubber components in a range of industrial products such as latex for the production of diving equipment, condoms, and the inner soles of shoes and as an adhesive. |
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| 2005 |
Europe's competition authority has fined Bayer 58.9 million euros for running a rubber chemicals cartel in Europe. The Commission added that it had "firm and convincing evidence" of the existence of a cartel during the years 1996-2001, but had also seen indications of collusion dating back to the 1970s. |
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| 2005 |
Aux Etats-Unis, Wolfgang Koch, directeur de la branche caoutchouc de Bayer, a reconnu sa culpabilité dans une affaire d'entente sur les prix dans le secteur du caoutchouc de synthèse. Pendant trois ans, Bayer s'est mis d'accord avec son concurrent Crompton pour maintenir à un niveau élevé le prix du caoutchouc vendu aux fabricants de pneus et aux de chaussures. |
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| 2004 |
| 29.8 | 0.6 | | | billion Eu€ | |
| 2004 |
Amende de 33 milions dollars pour pratiques anticoncurrentielles entre 1998 et 2002 |
| | | | | | Les Barons. |
| 2004 |
Investigation price fixing in half a dozen chemicals used in plastics, rubber and synthetic materials in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. |
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| 2003 |
| 28.57 | -1.36 | | | billion Eu€ | |
| 2003 |
Surfacturation: a changé le nom de ses médicaments pour les écouler plus cher à l'administration fédérale états-unienne: amende de 257 millions de $US. |
| | | | | | L'Expansio. |
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