RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Target Allocation for Fiscal 2014 and Weighted-Average Plan Assets Allocations by Asset Category, for Material Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2012
U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation	100.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Non-U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Equity securities | U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation	20.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	23.00%	55.00%
Equity securities | Non-U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation, minimum	46.00%
2014 Target Allocation, maximum	48.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	43.00%	40.00%
Debt securities | U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation	80.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	76.00%	44.00%
Debt securities | Non-U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation, minimum	40.00%
2014 Target Allocation, maximum	42.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	43.00%	44.00%
Cash and short-term investments | U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	1.00%	1.00%
Cash and short-term investments | Non-U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation, minimum	2.00%
2014 Target Allocation, maximum	3.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	2.00%	2.00%
Insurance contracts | U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Insurance contracts | Non-U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation, minimum	5.00%
2014 Target Allocation, maximum	10.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	8.00%	11.00%
Other | U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	0.00%
Other | Non-U.S. Plans
2014 Target Allocation
2014 Target Allocation, minimum	2.00%
2014 Target Allocation, maximum	3.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocation	4.00%	3.00%