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Siemens AG is a major electrical engineering and electronics company that is headquartered in in Berlin and Munich.

Major areas of Siemens operations include Information and

Communications, Automation and Control, Power, Transportation, Medical,

and Lighting. In the year to September 30, 2005 Siemens had sales of

â?¬75.445 billion and net income of â?¬2.248 billion. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.siemens.com/index.jsp?sdc_p=t4cz2s7uo1244571d1032553pn1244571fl1mi1031652&">[1]</a>

In November 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported that

Siemens was launching its most extensive ad campaign ever, in an attempt

to neutralize "a massive corruption scandal." The "Siemens answers" ad

campaign, developed by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/WPP" title="WPP">WPP</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ogilvy_%26_Mather" title="Ogilvy & Mather">Ogilvy & Mather</a>

firm, will run in "major markets around the globe." Siemens is spending

$148 million a year on the three-year campaign, which highlights health

care, energy and industrial "technologies being developed by Siemens."

In addition to print ads, the campaign will include billboards,

television ads and "keyword-based marketing" online. The goal is to

"help Siemens regain the public's trust," after allegations surfaced

that company managers paid bribes to win infrastructure contracts in

several countries. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-0">[1]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#Labor">1 Labor</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#Contact_details">2 Contact details</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#Articles_and_resources">3 Articles and resources</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#Related_SourceWatch_articles">3.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#References">3.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#External_resources">3.3 External resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#External_articles">3.4 External articles</a></li></ul>

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<h2> Labor</h2>

Siemens is one of the major purchasers of electronics produced at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lite-On_Computer_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lite-On Computer Technology (page does not exist)">Lite-On Computer Technology</a> production facility in Shijie Town, Dongguan Province, China (founded 1997).<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-1">[2]</a>

By early 2008, the facility employed about 5000 people who enter the

company by paying agencies based in Shijie town, Dongguan, 500-600 yuan

(for men) or 200 yuan (for women). <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-2">[3]</a>

While Lite-On production schedules follow a normal 8-hour workday,

breaks consist of only 10 minutes twice a day and are unpaid – further,

overtime work in the evenings, on weekends, and especially during busy

seasons, is mandatory and can reach up to 100 hours a month, in violation of both Chinese Labor Law and the [EICC] standard. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-3">[4]</a>

Basic wages at Lite-On complied with Chinese minimum wage laws (690

yuan/month in 2007), but until mid-to-late 2007 when overtime began

being paid at twice the standard weekend rate (8.24 yuan/hour) the

company violated overtime wage laws by paying over 2 yuan less per hour.

A fire in the factory in February of 2008 has caused workers to be

extremely concerned about their safety, and as of May 2008 production

had not yet fully resumed at full capacity due to the damage the fire

had caused. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-5">[6]</a>

Workers are charged up to one quarter of their wages on food,

electricity, and water for eating and living in the factory dormitories,

which house up to 16 people per room. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-6">[7]</a>

Research conducted by [SACOM] and [Bread for All] in early 2008

concluded that workers at Lite-On were unaware of their rights under

either [EICC] standards or any of the codes of conduct of Lite-On’s

customers, including Siemens.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-7">[8]</a>

Siemens purchases power supply devices including invertors, converters, and adapters from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Yonghong_Electronics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yonghong Electronics (page does not exist)">Yonghong Electronics</a> factory in Shenzhen. Yonghong is a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/FSP_Group" title="FSP Group">FSP Group</a>

and was founded in May 2000. In 2006, it was found to employ children

under the age of 16, though by 2008 only workers of legal age were found

to be working in the factory.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-8">[9]</a>

Workers at the factory are forced to work up to 7 days a week and

100-200 hours of overtime a month, in clear violation of Chinese labor

law. Exhaustion is a common problem amongst workers at the factory, and

they are often paid wages below the legal minimum, especially

probationary (new) workers. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-9">[10]</a>

While some workers are paid the legal minimum wage of 750 yuan/month,

the system in place to pay overtime wages does not pay for more than 3

hours of overtime a day, even though workers are forced to work longer

in order to make the daily production quotas. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-high_tech_13-10">[11]</a>

Because of the repetitive nature of the factory work and the extreme

long hours, besides exhaustion, workers suffer from repetitive motion

injuries, and neck, shoulder, and back pain are common. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-high_tech_13-10">[11]</a>

The problem is exacerbated by the management policy that fines workers

for moving their chairs from a yellow line painted on the floor to make

all chairs placed in a straight line, a policy even worse for smaller

employees who are not close enough to reach their work tables

comfortably. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-high_tech_13-10">[11]</a> Workers are not provided with hazard or safety training or face masks and inhale fumes produced by soldering. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-high_tech_14-11">[12]</a>

Workers at the Yonghong factory are not permitted to stop working

there, despite the Chinese labor law code which allows for resignation

with one-month prior notice. Employees complain that management refuses

to look at their applications of resignation. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-high_tech_14-11">[12]</a>

Workers sleep in rooms with 12 people in the dormitories, and they

expressed concerns to SACOM interviewers about the quality and

cleanliness of the food provided to them. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_note-12">[13]</a>

<h2> Contact details</h2>

Siemens AG

Wittelsbacherplatz 2

80312 Munich

Siemens Region Deutschland

Nonnendammallee 101

13629 Berlin

Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.siemens.com/index.jsp">http://www.siemens.com/index.jsp</a>

<h2> Articles and resources</h2>

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<h3> References</h3>

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_ref-0">↑</a> Mike Esterl, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119629647255907237.html">Siemens Polishes Image: Big Outlay Planned To Try to Mend Scandal's Damage</a>," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), November 29, 2007.</li><li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Siemens_AG#cite_ref-1">↑</a> Jenny

Chan, the Research Team of Students and Scholars Against Corporate

Misbehavior (SACOM) and Chantal Peyer (Bread for All). “High Tech – No