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« ETHICAL » RATING OF DELL_COMPUTER
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| Labor: 4 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights |
| Job: 27% 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 8 offshore financial center(s) |
| Sales: more than 57 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales |
| Net profit: more than 18 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 |
| Top management: earns 4777 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) |
| Influence: 3 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
| Advertising & marketing: 1 dubious practice(s) |
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Relevance: business & market share |
year | business source |
| 2007 | During the third term, Dell sold 14,4% of the PCs bought in the world. | Les Echos |
| 2007 | During the second term, Dell sold 15% of the PCs bought in the world. | Les Echos |
| 2007 | From 2009, Dell will buy a majority of its equipment in China for an amount of 29 billion dollars per year. | Reuters  |
| 2006 | Dell accounts for about 18 percent of the global PC market but less than 4 percent of the 4 million computers sold annually in India. | AP  |
| 2004 | Dell sell 10,7% of the computers purchased in Japan. | Reuters  |
| 2004 | Dell sells 9,3% of the computers bought in Japan | Reuters  |
| 2004 | Dell sells 16,8% of the Personal Computer bought in the world | Les Echos  |
| 2004 | Dell is the world's largest PC and laptop seller. | Les Echos  |
| 2003 | Dell sells 4,9% of the PDAs bought in the world | Les Echos  |
| 2003 | Dell sells 14,9% of the Personal Computers bought in the world. | AGEFI  |
| 2003 | Dell sells 9,5% of the laptop computers bought in France | Les Echos  |
| 1997 | Dell sells 4,7% of the Personal Computers bought in the world | Les Echos  |
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World locations & Manufacturing |
country incentive : address & contact : production type source |
 | | Dell Computer (Proprietary) Ltd : | |  |
 |  | Dell Export Sales Corporation : | |  |
 | | Dell Comercial do Brasil Ltda : Production, assemblage d'ordinateurs | | Les Echos |
 | | Dell Computer de Chile Ltda : | |  |
 | | Xiamen : Production, assemblage d'ordinateurs | | C.Net  |
 | | Dell Computer (China) Co. Ltd : Achat, | |  |
 |  | Dell Computer (FZE), Dubai : | |  |
 | | Dell University : université | |  |
 | | Montpellier 34 : | |  |
 | | Dell Distribution (EMEA) : | |  |
 | | : Production, Manufacturing plant in a special economic zone near Madras | | Reuters  |
 | | Delhi's suburbs : Quatrième centre d'appels créé (1000 emplois), 15000 emplois en Inde. | | ZDNet  |
 | | Dell Computer India Private Limited : R&D | | Les Echos  |
 | | : Customer service | |  |
 |  | Dell Financial Services International Limited : | |  |
 |  | Dell Computer International Transactions Lda : | |  |
 |  | Comerico de Computadores Sociedad Unipissal Lda : | |  |
 | | Dell Asia Pacific Sdn : | |  |
 | | : Call-center, 1000 employees | |  |
 | | Dell Computer Services de Mexico : | |  |
 | | Dell Computer de Mexico : | |  |
 | | Lodz : Production, assemblage d'ordinateurs | | Les Echos  |
 | | Dell Computer Poland, Sp.z.o.o : | |  |
 | | Dell Computer spol. Sro : | |  |
 |  | : Production, centre de gestion de la logistique et du manufacturing. | | Les Echos  |
 |  | Dell Computer Asia Pte Ltd : | |  |
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Dell Computer is managed by |
year name | photo position; compensation source |
| 2006Dell, Michael S |  Chief Executive Officer; stock-options: 153 million US$; |
| 2005Dell, Michael S |  Chief Executive Officer; stock-options: 49.5 million US$; |
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year | dubious practice : image source |
| 2002 | Disinformation: GCI Moreau & Associés: public relations: G | CB-News  |
| 1999 | slogan: Dell, soyez directs.; |  |
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year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
| 2008 | | Closure/Bankruptcy: Dell closes its Austin, Texas desktop computer plant with 900 workers, as part of a plan to cut expenses by $3 billion annually in 3 years' time.: United States of America | Reuters  |
| 2007 | -800 | Internal restructuring: Dell expands its layoff plan.: | Capital |
| 2007 | -8000 | Internal restructuring: Dell cuts 10% of its workforce in spite of a 759 million $ net profit during the first quarter of 2007: United States of America | Le Monde  |
| 2007 | | ILO violation 1, 87, 98, 138 : 200 employees work up to 84 hours per week to manufacture computer equipment for Dell and Acer in Shenzhen.: China | UFC Que Ch. |
| 2006 | | ILO violation 87,111 : The Workers’ Study and Action Centre CEREAL had received 578 complaints from workers by September concerning violations of workers’ rights in companies including HP, Dell, IBM, Intel, Nokia, Philips, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, IBM and Sony. The most common breaches included cutting back collective agreements and obstructing collective bargaining together with cases of discrimination, exposure to toxic substances, sexual harassment and other forms of ill-treatment.: Mexico | ITUC-CSI  |
| 2006 | | ILO violation 1,26 : At subcontractor plants, workers work 12 hours a day, six days a week. Wages are insufficient to cover food expenses, let alone rent, clothing and education.: Philippines | SOMO Cente.  |
| 2006 | | ILO violation 87,98;26,1 : At subcontractor plants, workers work 12 hours a day, six days a week. Wages are below legal minimum and insufficient to cover food expenses. Workers can't join independant union, only the party's union.: Philippines | SOMO Cente.  |
| 2003 | 39100 | |  |
| 2002 | 34600 | |  |
| 2001 | 40200 -1700 | | AP  |
| 2000 | 36500 | |  |
| 1998 | 16000 | |  |
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| year | donator | country | amount | source |
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year | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | | buyback | source |
| 2007 |
| 57.4 | 2.6 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2007 |
| | | | 10 | billion US$ |  |
| 2007 |
Dell's top managers have falsified the company's financial accounts in order to achieve profit goals. Dell will probably have to restate financial results of the last 4 years and reduce profit by 50 million dollars to 150 million dollars. |
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| 2006 |
| 55.8 | 3.6 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2005 |
| 55.9 | 3.5 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2005 |
| | | | 10 | billion US$ |  |
| 2003 |
| 35.4 | 2.12 | |   | billion Eu€ |  |
| 2002 |
Off-balance-sheet joint venture not consolidated into financial statements |
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| 2002 |
| 31.17 | 1.25 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2002 |
| | | | 300 | million shares | AFX  |
| 2001 |
| 31.89 | 2.18 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2001 |
| | | | 825 | million shares | AFX  |
| 2000 |
| 25.27 | 1.67 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 1998 |
| 18.24 | 1.46 | |   | billion US$ |  |
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Staff were briefed earlier on the job cuts which are to be in sales, marketing, finance, technical support and other administrative functions. The bulk of the losses are expected to affect the Dublin operation.
A spokeswoman for the company said that although Dell was still experiencing double digit growth globally, it recognised that more needed to be done. She refused to speculate on furt [+]
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