Coca Cola Hr Report

The Coca-Cola Way

In 1999, following the merger of Coca-Cola's four bottling operations (Hindustan Coca-Cola Bottling North West, Hindustan Bottling Coca-Cola Bottling South West, Bharat Coca-Cola North East, and Bharat Coca-Cola South East), human resources issues gained significance at the company. Two new companies, Coca-Cola India, the corporate and marketing office, and Coca-Cola Beverages were the result of the merger. The merger brought with it over 10,000 employees to Coca-Cola, doubling the number of employees it had in 1998.

Coca-Cola had to go in for a massive restructuring exercise focusing on the company's human resources to ensure a smooth acceptance of the merger. The first task was to put in place a new organizational structure that vested profit and loss accounting at the area level, by renaming each plant-in-charge as a profit center head

Workplace

Work is more than a place to go every day. We believe work should be a place of exploration, discovery, creation and rich interpersonal relationships. It's about finding a better way to do the job. Making every hour count. Feeling satisfaction in a job well done when the day is over.

Every day, in every country where we do business, we strive to be a great place to work. Our goal is to inspire and motivate our people to continue to achieve extraordinary things every day. We want them to take pride in their work and their Company. After all, our business ultimately depends on our people-their combined talents, skills, knowledge, experience and passion make us who we are.

Our people and those who do business with us around the world know we are committed to earning their trust with a set of values that represent the highest standards of quality, integrity, excellence, compliance with the law and respect for the unique customs and cultures in communities where we operate. We are committed to developing relationships with our people that reflect and demonstrate our respect for human rights in the workplace.

In 2005, we employed approximately 55,000 people, 44,000 of whom were based outside the United States. Together with our bottling partners, the Coca-Cola system employs hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Our strength comes from the passion, leadership, and integrity demonstrated by our employees worldwide. Our commitment to our people is one of the key areas of focus in the Manifesto for Growth, our strategic road map for sustainable business growth.

Global Labor Relations

"Coca-Cola workers are allowed to exercise rights to union membership and collective bargaining without pressure or interference. Such rights are exercised without fear of retaliation, repression or any other form of discrimination."

Joint Statement, The Coca-Cola Company & the IUF, 2005

We respect the rights of our employees to join -- or not join -- labor unions, and ensure that those rights are exercised without fear of retaliation, repression or any other form of intimidation or discrimination. We comply with all applicable labor and employment laws in the countries in which we do business. We recognize international labor standards and are committed to respecting the workplace human rights of our employees and the parties with whom we do business.

The Coca-Cola Company and our bottling partners together constitute one of the most unionized workforces in the world. Over 30 percent of the employees working under the Coca-Cola trademark have freely chosen to be represented by labor organizations. We fully respect and honor the decision of our employees to choose or not to choose to be represented by labor unions.

Our extensive labor relations experience indicates that labor relations

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