Reed Elsevier
Reed Elsevier is a major specialist publisher for professional users in four target areas of science & medical,legal, education and business publicatioons and services.
In February 2005, Reed Elsevier reported revenues for 2004 of almost £5bn. "In 2004, we published more than 15,000 different journals, books and reference works, as well as more than 500 online information services and organised more than 430 trade exhibitions," it states on its website.
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Reed Elsevier's Role as an Arms Fair Organiser
In September 2005 The Lancet, a leading medical journal, requested that Reed Elsevier, the journal's parent company, divest itself of business interests that "threaten human health." [1]
The magazine's editor made the request after becoming aware Spearhead Exhibitions, a Reed Elsevier subsidiary, organised the Defence Systems and Equipment international (DSEi) arms fair between September 13-16 2005 in London. [2] At the 2003 DSEi exhibition some of the arms merchants displaying their wares sold cluster bombs. While the company promotes its corporate social responsibility credentials, Reed Elsevier Group spokesman, Stephen J. Cowden, was unmoved by The Lancet's appeal. Citing its role as a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, Cowden wrote that "it is our view that the defence industry is necessary for upholding national security for the preservation of democratic values." [3] He did not address the specific concern about cluster bombs.
Personnel
Directors
Chairman and Executive Directors
- Jan Hommen, Chairman
- Patrick Tierney
- Gerard van de Aast
- Sir Crispin Davis
- Mark Armour
- Erik Engstrom
- Andrew Prozes
Non-executive Directors
- Lord Sharman of Redlynch
- Rolf Stomberg
- Cees van Lede
- Strauss Zelnick
- Dien de Boer-Kruyt
- Mark Elliott
- David Reid
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Contact details
Reed Elsevier Group Offices:
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London
WC2N 5JR UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7930 7077
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Web: http://www.reed-elsevier.com/
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Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 485 2222
Fax: +31 (0)20 618 0325
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New York
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USA
Tel: +1 212 309 5498
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