Donation Programs:
Johnson & Johnson

About Johnson & Johnson

Established in 1887 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Johnson & Johnson engages in the manufacture and sale of health care products worldwide. The company employs more than 107,000 employees worldwide in its research and development, sales and distribution of pharmaceutical and health care products.

Rather than having a corporate mission statement, Johnson & Johnson has a one page Credo to establish guidelines for corporate action. The full text of the Credo is available at the J&J website at http://www.jnj.com/our_company/our_credo/index.htm.

Corporate Giving

The Credo addresses the company's place in the world and its responsibility to be a good corporate citizen. In part, it states:

We are responsible to the communities in which we live and work
and to the world community as well. We must be good citizens - support good works and charities and bear our fair share of taxes.

The Company supports initiatives that are critical to local communities. Johnson & Johnson has worked with hundreds of nonprofit U.S.-based and international organizations and, during 2001, made $229.7 million in cash and product contributions.

International Essential Medicine Donation Programs

Johnson & Johnson participates in international donation programs by donating products as part of disaster relief efforts, through philanthropy programs modeled on domestic programs and administered overseas and as a founding sponsor of the SAFE Kids Worldwide program.

As described on the Johnson & Johnson website:

This global public awareness campaign and educational program helps parents and caregivers to prevent unintentional injuries among children under 14 years of age. Supported by Johnson & Johnson as Founding Sponsor, SAFE KIDS Worldwide programs are under way in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada, as well as the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, United Arab Emirates, China, Australia and Brazil. In the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada, Johnson & Johnson Consumer companies work closely with more than 60,000 retail partners to distribute safety information in stores and sponsor special television and advertising programming with a safety message - all in coordination with the 600 local SAFE KIDS Coalitions and partners in all 50 states/10 provinces.

More information about this program is located at: http://www.safekids.org.
Please visit the Johnson & Johnson website to learn more about the company and its private-public partnerships to improve global health.

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