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Sears Roebuck & Co.
| Headquarters location: 3333 Beverly Rd. Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 |  | Tel. 847-286-2500 Job offers, investor relations: www.sears.com Email: invrel@sears.com Stock:  |
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« ETHICAL » RATING OF SEARS_ROEBUCK
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and subsidiaries
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| Labor: 5 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights |
| Job: 42% of company's jobs cut since 1998 |
| Delinquency: 2 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency |
| Sales: more than 20 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales |
| Top management: earns 151 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) |
| Influence: 2 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
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Relevance: business & market share |
year | business source |
| 2006 | Largest department stores group in the world. | Les Echos  |
| 2005 | The third-largest retailer in the USA. | MSNBC  |
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Sears Roebuck is managed by |
year name | photo position; compensation source |
| 2002Lacy, Alan J |  Chief Executive Officer; salary: 2.87 million US$; |
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year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
| 2006 | | ILO violation 1,131,87,98 : Al Shahaed factory workers, sewing for Sears, routinely forced to work 16, 24, 38 and even 72-hour shifts for an average wage of two cents an hour. Workers beaten with sticks and belts. Guest workers are stripped of their passport and held in servitude.: Jordan | Campaign f.  |
| 2002 | 289000 | |  |
| 1999 | 326000 | |  |
| 1998 | 324000 | |  |
| 1998 | | ILO violation 87 98 : "shadow contracts" waiving basic human rights, including the freedom to join unions, attend religious services, quit or marry, blocked exits, movements strictly supervised by guards, workers subject to lockdowns or curfews.: Northern Mariana Islands | Sweatshop .  |
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year | country : consequences source |
| 2007 | : The state of California had launched a lawsuit against 20 US companies, accusing them of manufacturing or selling toys with illegal quantities of lead. The list of defendants includes: A&A Global Industries, Costco Wholesale, Eveready Battery Company, Fisher-Price, KB Toys, Kids II, Kmart, Marvel Entertainment, Mattel, Michael Stores, RC2 Corporation, Sears, Target, Toy Investments, Toys'R'Us, Wal-Mart. | AFP |
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year |   | sales | income | | buyback | source |
| 2005 |
| | | | 0.5 | billion US$ |  |
| 2003 |
| 41.12 | 3.4 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2002 |
| 41.37 | 1.38 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2001 |
| 41.08 | 0.74 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 2000 |
| 40.94 | 1.34 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 1999 |
| 41.07 | 1.45 | |   | billion US$ |  |
| 1998 |
| 41.32 | 1.05 | |   | billion US$ |  |
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