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Motorola Inc.


Headquarters location: 1303 E. Algonquin Road, Motorola Center Schaumburg, IL 60196United States of AmericaTel. (847) 576-5000 Job offers, investor relations: www.motorola.com Email: invest1@email.mot.com Stock: MOT


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« ETHICAL » RATING OF MOTOROLA , group and subsidiaries
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1
Labor: 1 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights
50%
Job: 50% of company's jobs cut since 1998
2
Delinquency: 2 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency
5
Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 5 offshore financial center(s)
36
Sales: more than 36 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales
5
Net profit: more than 5 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998
478
Top management: earns 478 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year)
6
Influence: 6 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying
2
Advertising & marketing: 2 dubious practice(s)

Relevance: business & market share

year
business
source
2007During the first quarter of 2007, Motorola sold 18.5% of the cellular phones bought in the World.Les Echos
2006Motorola is the world's second-largest mobile-phone maker.Bloomberg
2006Second-largest cell phone maker in the world. Motorola sells 18,7% of the cell phones bought in the world.Capital
2005Motorola sells 16,6% of the cellular phones bought in the WorldLes Echos
2004Motorola sold 15,8% of the cellular netsystems installed in China.Les Echos
2004Controls 14,5% of the cellular phone market in the World
2003Motorola sells 15,3% of the cellular phones bought in the WorldLes Echos
2002Controls 16,3% of the cellular phone market in the World

World locations & Manufacturing

country incentive : address & contact : production type
source
China  : Chip design center Bloomberg
China  : R&D, 180 ingénieurs L'Express
China  : 10 wafer plants BBC News
China  Tianjin : AP
Costa Rica Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Regimen zona franca : Procomer
United States of America  Corporate University : université Financial Ti.
Hong-Kong Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Motorola Semiconductor Hong Kong Ltd :
Hong-Kong Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Motorola Asia Ltd :
United States Virgin Islands Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Motorola Foreign Sales Corporation :
India  : Production, 1 usine Les Echos
India  : Chip design center Bloomberg
India  Forbes
Lithuania  Kaunas free economic zone :
Malaysia  Kuala Lumpur : AP
Mexico  CHIHUAHUA CHIHUAHUA KM. 15.5 CARRETERA CD. JUAREZ & 0114 393100 :
Mexico  JALISCO GUADALAJARA LABNA 1437 CIUDAD DEL SOL & 013 669100 :
Poland  Krakow : R&D Gazeta Wybor.
Czech Republic  Roznov pod Radhostem : Research & design Czechinvest
Singapore Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Motorola South Asia Pte Ltd :
Singapore Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Motorola Asia Treasury Pte Ltd :
Singapore Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Motorola Electronics Pte Ltd :
Uruguay Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Zona franca de Montevideo :

Motorola is managed by

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2007Dorman, David W
See the photo of: Dorman, David W Chief Executive Officer;
2004Zander, Ed
See the photo of: Zander, Ed Chief Executive Officer; salary: 15.3 million US$;
1999Gilmore,
See the photo of: Gilmore, Président (Europe);
1998Galvin, Christopher B
See the photo of: Galvin, Christopher B Chief Executive Officer; salary: 3.64 million US$;

Advertising & marketing

year
dubious practice : image
source
2006slogan: Engineering intelligence with style;
2006Mishandling of private data: Computers stolen with personal accounts data.: Privacy Ri.
2005Arguable partnership: Donated an additional US$ 430 000 to the Hope Project run by China Youth Development Foundation topping off US$ 3,75 million already contributed over the past 10 years. This latest donation will be used to build elementary schools in remote areas in rural China as well as to train teachers and support outstanding pupils in their continuation of secondary and tertiary education.: value: Education; CSRwire
2004slogan: Intelligence everywhere;
2002slogan: Fashion Technology; ad

Made by

year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2008
-150
Internal restructuring: The reorganization will include transfer of 180 employees to some specific divisions in other business groups including mobile devices, home and network equipment and government public safety systems, while the remaining 300 employees will remain in a central applied research and technology department.: United States of America
AP
2008
-700
Closure/Bankruptcy: Motorola stops the manufacture of mobile telephones in Singapore.: Singapore
Les Echos
2008
-2600
Internal restructuring: The telecom equipment supplier Motorola announced the layoff of 2.600 additional employees, which brings to more than 10.000 the total since January 2007.: United States of America
AFP
2007
-4000
Internal restructuring:
01net.com
2007
-3500
Internal restructuring: Motorola announced a 48% fall of its net profit in the fourth quarter 2006 in spite of sales rise, because of an increased competition on the mobile phones market causing a price and margin fall of Motorola's products.: United States of America
AFP
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
2005
-1900
Internal restructuring:
2005
300
Other: Pour développer son centre de R&D à Cracovie, va embaucher des ingénieurs polonais.: Poland
Gazeta Wyb.
2004
68000
2004
-1000
Les Echos
2004
-50
Bloomberg
2002
97000
2002
-7000
Silicon.fr
2002
-800
AP
2001
-9400
Les Echos
2001
-7000
The Guardi.
2001
-6000
Wall Stree.
2001
-4000
Chicago Tr.
2001
-3000
The Guardi.
2001
-4000
Financial .
2001
-8000
AP
2001
-7000
Les Echos
2000
-2870
AP
1998
133000
1995
142000
1989
-186
Canadian L.

Influence

year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2001Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translateUSCIB
2000Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translateCenter for.
2000Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translateCorporate .
1999Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS translateCorporate .
1999Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translateCorporate .
1998Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 108 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translateCenter for.

Subsidy

yeardonatorcountryamountsource
2005EtatUnited States of America4 million US$St Petersb.
2005EtatFrance208 million Eu€Les Echos
2002EtatFrance11 million Eu€La Tribune
1994Harvard City, ILUnited States of America1 million
1994State of IllinoisUnited States of America36 million US$Chicago Tr.

Financials

yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincome buybacksource
2007 South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has levied a fine of $729,000, on Motorola Korea, Leenos Corp and two south korean companies for conspiring to coordinate their bidding prices for the supply of mobile telecommunications devices to state police agencies.    
2007   36.2-0.05   billion US$Les Echos
2006   42.883.66   billion US$Les Echos
2005   35.264.58   billion US$Les Echos
2005   4billion US$Business W.
2004   32.321.54   billion US$Les Echos
2003   23.150.89   billion US$Les Echos
2002   26.68-2.48   billion US$
2001   30-3.94   billion US$
2000   37.581.32   billion US$
1999   30.930.82   billion US$
1998   29.4-0.96   billion US$

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