Business Ethics Names Kodak Among ``Best Corporate Citizens'' in Annual List.Business Editors ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2004 Eastman Kodak Company ranks among the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" for 2004, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Business Ethics business ethics, the study and evaluation of decision making by businesses according to moral concepts and judgments. Ethical questions range from practical, narrowly defined issues, such as a company's obligation to be honest with its customers, to broader social magazine. This is the fourth year that Kodak has appeared on the "Best" list, which is based on an analysis of 1,000 companies. Kodak ranked 58th on the publication's list. Business Ethics issued its list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens this week. Now in its fifth year, the ranking is based on quantitative measures of corporate service to seven stakeholder groups: shareholders, employees, customers, the community, the environment, overseas stakeholders, and women and minorities. Business Ethics praised Kodak's cutting-edge, anti-discrimination policies for gay, bisexual, and transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. employees. The company also scored favorably in the rankings for its fair treatment of minorities and women, and employees overall. "We're proud to have again been recognized by Business Ethics as a responsible corporate citizen," said Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Daniel A. Carp. "Our inclusion on the list of most responsible companies reflects our employees' tireless efforts to build what we call a Winning and Inclusive Culture. Kodak people have made trust, respect, and integrity the cornerstones of how we interact with customers, suppliers, shareholders, and each other. This recognition really belongs to all our employees." Business Ethics magazine covers corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. , financial disclosure, decision-making, incentive and corporate responsibility issues. The magazine is published by Mavis Publications Inc./ Economic Democracy Project. The ranking identifies companies among the Russell 1000 -- the largest publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. -- that excel at Verb 1. excel at - be good at; "She shines at math" shine at excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" serving a variety of stakeholders well. The 100 Best Corporate Citizens story will appear in the spring issue of Business Ethics, which focuses on efforts to bring greater social responsibility into business. For more information, plus the full list and story, see http://www.business-ethics.com/100best.htm About Eastman Kodak Company and infoimaging Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images - for memories, for information, for entertainment. The company is a major participant in infoimaging, a $385 billion industry composed of devices (digital cameras and flat-panel displays), infrastructure (online networks and delivery systems for images) and services & media (software, film and paper enabling people to access, analyze and print images). With sales of $13.3 billion in 2003, the company comprises several businesses: Health, supplying the healthcare industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services; Commercial Printing, offering on-demand color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). and networking publishing systems; Commercial Imaging, offering image capture, output and storage products and services to businesses and government; Display & Components, which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode Noun 1. organic light-emitting diode - a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers OLED displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers optics and imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers; and Digital & Film Imaging Systems, providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services. Editor's Note: For additional information about Kodak, visit our web site at: www.kodak.com |
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