Tyson Foods Inc.

Headquarters location: 2210 West Oaklawn Drive, P.O. Box 2020 Springdale, AR 72765 Tel. (501) 290-4000 Job offers, investor relations: www.tyson.com Email: tysonir@tyson.com Stock:

Tyson Foods belongs to shareholder country     % source Bank One Corp. 1.8 Barclays Plc 5.6 FMR Corp. (Fidelity Investments) 4.1 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.4 Mellon Financial Corp. 1.9 Merrill Lynch & Co. 2.1 State Street Corp. 1.7 Tyson Foods owns subsidiary country     % source IBP, Inc. 50.1 Les Echos	Brands name items photo compare the prices Cobb-Vantress Ethishop Hudson Foods Ethishop Iowa Beef Processors Ethishop Mexican Original Ethishop Tyson Foods Ethishop Tyson Fresh Meats Ethishop Shop local, ethical and at the best price on Ethishop !
« ETHICAL » RATING OF TYSON_FOODS , group and subsidiaries [?] 1 Labor: 1 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights 8% Job: 8% of company's jobs cut since 1998 3 Delinquency: 3 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency 5 Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 5 offshore financial center(s) 26 Sales: more than 26 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales 2 Net profit: more than 2 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 382 Top management: earns 382 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) 2 Influence: 2 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying 2 Advertising & marketing: 2 dubious practice(s) Full profile >>>
Relevance: business & market share year business source 2006 Tyson Foods is the world's largest beef packer and also the world's biggest poultry producer. Bloomberg 2006 Tyson can slaughter 32 600 beefs per day, second-largest processing company in the world. Les Echos 2004 The world's largest meat processing company. AP World locations & Manufacturing country incentive : address & contact : production type source Tyson Foreign Sales, Inc : Universal Plan Investments Ltd : AAFC International, Inc : Meat Products Exports, Inc : Hudson Foods Foreign Sales Inc : Tyson Export Sales Inc. : Benton Sales, Ltd : Oaklawn Sales, Ltd : Cobb (Straffon) Ireland, Ltd : The map of tax haven, secret accounts and shell companies Tyson Foods is managed by year name photo position; compensation source 2003Leatherby, Dennis Vice-president; 2003Pless, Rodney Vice-president; 2003Tyson, John H Chairman; 2002Bond, Richard Chairman; salary: 4.24 million US$; 2002Hankins, Steven Chief Financial Officer; salary: 1.37 million US$; 2002Tyson, John H Chairman; salary: 7.6 million US$; 1998Tollett, Leland E Chief Executive Officer; salary: 0.68 million US$; Forbes Highest paid executives in 2007 Advertising & marketing year dubious practice : image source 2007 Deceptive advertising: Tyson labels fresh chicken as "raised without antibiotics" whereas it uses a feed additive, called ionophores used against coccidiosis an intestinal illness, which is considered a antibiotic by the FDA.: AP 2004 slogan: Tyson. It's what your family deserves.; 2002 Disinformation: Golin/Harris: public relations: G PR Watch Dubious practices in 2007

Made by year employees <> social impact : country source 2008 -1500 Closure/Bankruptcy: Tyson Foods will end beef slaughtering at its Emporia MO plant because of beef slaughter overcapacity, cutting about 1,500 jobs, or more than half its work force at the facility.: United States of America AP 2006 114000 -420 Internal restructuring: Tyson Foods, Inc. will implement approximately $200 million in cost reductions as part of a strategy to return to profitability. Savings will be generated from reductions in such things as staffing, recruiting, relocation, consulting fees, sales related expenses and supplies, as well as travel.: United States of America PR Newswir. 2006 -1665 Closure/Bankruptcy: Tyson will close its beef processing plant in Norfolk and beef slaughter plant in West Point, both in northeastern Nebraska.: United States of America AP 2004 120000 -6000 Other: Bloomberg 2003 -600 AP 2002 -950 Closure/Bankruptcy: 2002 120000 2001 ILO violation 87,98 : According to the trade union, when it bought IBP in 2001, it « cut the workforce, leading to higher rates of injury » and « to get rid of the union was the most important thing for them »: United States of America Corriere D. 2001 Hiring and smggling of illegal alien workers: CNN 1999 70500 Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007 Environmental impact year country : consequences source 2006 United States of America : Tyson Foods is sued for "dumping" 200 000 tons of chicken waste containing hazardous chemicals on crops. The dumping pollutes the Illinois River, the Tenkiller Ferry Lake and drinking water. Washington. Pollutions in 2007 Influence year purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source 2000 : Mike Espy : : U.S. Agriculture Secretary translate CNN 1998 Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 46 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate Center for. Influence in 2007 Financials year financial misdemeanor sales income source 2006 Price-fixing class-action lawsuit in Aberdeen, S.D, Tyson charged with knowingly using erroneous USDA price reports to pay lower prices for livestock to farmers. Tyson was fined $4 million.     Dow Jones . 2004   26.44 0.4   billion US$ 2004 Condamné à verser 1,28 Mds de $US à 35000 éleveurs indépendants aux Etats-Unis pour avoir manipulé le cours du boeuf     2003   24.55 0.34   billion US$ 2002   23.37 0.38   billion US$ 2001   10.75 0.09   billion US$ 2000   7.16 0.15   billion US$ 1999   7.36 0.23   billion US$ 1998   18.2 0.06   billion US$ Financial delinquency in 2007

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