Posted on 06/27/2011 9:06:06 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
The Worlds Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business ethically and translate those words into action. WME honorees demonstrate real and sustained ethical leadership within their industries, putting into real business practice the Institutes credo of Good. Smart. Business. Profit.
There is no set number of companies that make the list each year. Rather, the Worlds Most Ethical Company designation is awarded to those companies that have leading ethics and compliance programs, particularly as compared to their industry peers. This year, there are 110 Worlds Most Ethical Companies. Of these companies, 36 are new to the list in 2011 and 26 companies dropped off from the 2010 list. These drop offs generally occurred because of litigation and ethics violations, as well as increased competition from within their industry.
IT CAN PAY TO BE ETHICAL
Investing in ethics is beneficial for any company, even in a recession. The below graph compares the WME Index, or all publicly traded 2011 Worlds Most Ethical Company honorees, against the S&P 500 since the initial Worlds Most Ethical Companies recognition from 2007.
Overall though there are ton of US companies in the list.
Tech ping please. Lots of Tech related info in this list.
The highest EQ scores for each industry became this years 2011 Worlds Most Ethical Companies.
You can find more in-depth information on the methodology for 2011s Worlds Most Ethical Companies here.
2011 WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES:
Aerospace Indra Sistemas Rockwell Collins Inc. The Aerospace Corporation |
Apparel Adidas Comme Il Faut Gap Patagonia Timberland |
Auctions eBay |
Automotive Cummins Denso Ford Motor Company Johnson Controls |
Banking Australia and New Zealand Banking Group National Australia Bank Rabobank Standard Chartered Bank The Westpac Group |
Business Services Accenture Dun & Bradstreet Noblis |
Chemicals Ecolab JM Huber |
Computer Hardware Hitachi Data Systems |
Computer Software Adobe Systems Microsoft Salesforce.com Symantec Corporation Teradata Corporation |
Construction and Engineering CRH Granite Construction Parsons Corporation |
Consumer Electronics Electrolux Ricoh Xerox |
Consumer Products Colgate-Palmolive Company Henkel AG Kao Corporation |
Diversified Industries General Electric Co. |
Electronics and Semiconductors Freescale Semiconductor Premier Farnell Texas Instruments |
Energy and Utilities Encana Statoil NextEra Energy, Inc. Northumbrian Water Vestas Wind Wisconsin Energy Corporation |
Engineering and Design AECOM Technology Corporation CH2M Hill Fluor Corporation |
Environmental Services Waste Management |
Financial Services American Express Housing Development Finance Corp NYSE Euronext The Hartford Financial Services Group |
Food and Beverage General Mills PepsiCo Solae Stonyfield Farm |
Food Stores Kesko The Co-Operative Group Wegmans Whole Food Market |
Forestry, Paper and Packaging International Paper Stora Enso Oyj SCA |
Health and Beauty Natura Cosmeticos |
Healthcare Services Baptist Health South Florida Hospital Corporation of America Premier |
Hotels, Travel and Hospitality Kimpton Hotels Marriott International The Rezidor Hotel Group Wyndham Worldwide |
Industrial Manufacturing Caterpillar Deere & Company Eaton Corporation Milliken & Company Schneider Electric |
Insurance Aflac Incorporated Sompo Japan Insurance Swiss Re Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Co. |
Internet Zappos |
Media, Publishing and Entertainment Thomson Reuters |
Medical Devices Becton Dickinson Royal Phillips |
Metals Umicore |
Real Estate British Land plc Jones Lang LaSalle Unibail-Rodamco |
Restaurants and Cafes Starbucks Coffee Company |
Specialty Pharma Medicis |
Specialty Retail Best Buy Co. Hennes & Mauritz Sonae Target Ten Thousand Villages |
Staffing Manpower |
Telecom Hardware Avaya Inc. Cisco Systems Juniper Networks |
Telecom Services Singapore Telecom Swisscom T-Mobile USA |
Transportation and Logistics Autoridad del Canal de Panama East Japan Railway Company Nippon Yusen Kabushi Kaisha UPS |
“....Microsoft was on the list....”
Bwahahahahahahahahah.
That pretty much negates the article doesn’t it?
You mean the company that has not had an original idea, evah?
The company that couldn’t design a 10 line code of basic without a bug?
The company who’s founder had to purchase the original OS from someone who actually had talent?
I would add Chick-fil-A to the restaurant list.
General Electric? seriously?
There seems to be a fairly high emphasis on "environmental" and "sustainable" ethics.
I am surprised that Intel is not on that list. I have done work for Intel and found their Engineers to be tough but highly honest. The company expects a lot but gives a lot. Just my opinion.
Add NextEra Energy to that list of jaw-droppers.
General Electric is the most corrupt (major) company in America, totally in bed with the Chicago Regime.
I am calling serious bullsh*t on this list.
Good point. I wonder if it’s becaue they also have a pretty big footprint in Israel that they get dinged.
Got any facts to back that up? I’m not saying I agree with the list, but if you want to dispute an ethics list, how about stating some facts you can back up.
Everyone knows Microsoft has embraced and extended a lot of stuff, but to say they never had an original idea is just phony.
And that they can’t wite 10 lines of basic code without a bug...once again completely false.
There are many stories about the first OS...but I don’t recall many of them acting like it was a bad thing Microsoft did. Rather it was IBM’s inept attitude toward it that let it shake out like it did. And there’s other stories as well, but none really that blame Microsoft for IBMs lack of foresight.
Most Ethical companies, hahahahahaha, that's a good one.
The fact that Salesforce.com is on it, immediately reduces this list “laughable”.
Nobama insisted.
Exactly. MS Bob is just one of several examples.
:)
Best Buy??? They are the kings of bait and switch, not to mention the most incompetent staff of folks I have ever encountered. They have tried to sell me a $100 hdmi cable, when there was an equivalent for $30. I asked if they both met the standard. The answer was yes. So why the cost difference? Answer: “Duh, uh, its the $100 is just better.”
General Electric? seriously?
DITTO!!!
And clippy :-)
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