[wolf2009]

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ARMONK, NY - 06 Mar 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that it has ranked #3 overall on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, outranking all other information technology companies on the list. The annual list is published by the Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) Magazine. CRO's 100 Best Corporate Citizens List is the only such list based on 100% publicly-available information and ranks Russell 1000 companies on their performance in seven key areas: Environment, Climate Change, Human Rights, Philanthropy, Employee Relations, Financial and Governance. "Some believe the current economic climate dictates corporate citizenship efforts be put on hold. At IBM we believe just the opposite. A strong commitment to corporate citizenship strengthens our brand and increases shareholder value," said Stanley S. Litow, vice president of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM. "Improved environmental performance, intelligent community partnerships and investments make us competitive. They are not separate; they are an integral part of business strategy." IBM's 2007-2008 Corporate Responsibility Report was issued in November reflecting how social and business strategies are connected and integrated and includes performance and results in the areas of governance, supply chain, environmental performance, employment policies and practices, client solutions and community engagements. "The performance of IBM reflects its newly-energized corporate responsibility, transparency and public disclosure efforts that build on consistently high levels of corporate citizenship practice, as it has made the List for nearly all of the past 10 years," said Jay Whitehead, publisher, CRO. For more information about IBM, please visit www.ibm.com

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr...ease/26846.wss

 

[45nm]

Best corporate citizen is one of the biggest lies I've ever heard.

 

[RoboGrassanoid]

well in terms of not having heard about them doing anything dickish recently, i suppose they would hold a top spot on a list about corporate citizens.

you kinda have to navigate thru the ibm site to get to the list
heres a direct link http://www.thecro.com/files/CRO100Be...nsList2009.pdf

 

[gerikoh]

man, i thought ibm was sinking.

anyway, nice comeback

 

[tubesaddict]

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Originally Posted by 45nm Best corporate citizen is one of the biggest lies I've ever heard.

Yeah, down with establishment! /sarcasm

 

[DesertFox]

They do make some darn good software but as corp citizens they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. There was a recent article saying they offered their laid off American employees relocation to India at "prevailing wages and conditions". Kinda like a reverse H1B. Pretty bad if you think about it.

Outstanks is more like it.

 

[GoOffroad]

More like full of crap. They just laid off 16,000 employees worldwide.

 

[Tempest001]

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Originally Posted by GoOffroad More like full of crap. They just laid off 16,000 employees worldwide.

You can either let your company crash and burn because people cost too much to employ, or you can lay off a massive amount of employees and use that money to help your business' head stay above sea level until the economy is fixed. I'm pretty sure if you were top dog of this company, you would have done the same.

 

[DesertFox]

Or C, you can plan conservatively and grow your company on real value . Don't treat people like animals so you never get into the position of having to fire a whole town's worth of people in the first place

 

[mr.derp]

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Originally Posted by gerikoh man, i thought ibm was sinking. anyway, nice comeback

Where did you hear that? IBM is about the only company that will not be hit really hard like other tech companies. Majority of what they do is help other companies save money. Part of their business is shrinking while the other part, which I just explained, is growing.

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Originally Posted by GoOffroad More like full of crap. They just laid off 16,000 employees worldwide.

They're hiring lots of people for their business solutions, pretty much equalizing their layoffs. They are laying off people in the research and development field along with the other little things they do, which by the way is 4000 not 16000.