My Opera2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies
Friday, May 8, 2009 1:38:17 PM
Making it onto the World’s Most Ethical Companies list proves to be more and more difficult every year. This year Ethisphere received a record number of nominations from companies in over 100 countries and 35 industries.
This year, 99 companies made the cut. Twenty companies dropped off the list from last year, and 25 companies were newcomers. A remarkable 44 companies are “three-peats,” making the list for the past three years.
Below you’ll find the methodology used to determine winners, as well as a few callouts from companies that made the list, and how they encourage ethics throughout their company on a day-by-day basis.
2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies Selection Process:
1. The Methodology
A methodology committee of leading attorneys, professors, government officials and organization leaders, assisted Ethisphere in creating the scoring methodology for the World’s Most Ethical Companies awards.
2. Candidate Selection
Over the course of the year, companies across the world submitted their applications to become 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Based on these applications, as well as information Ethisphere gathered throughout the year, a list of semi-finalists was created.
3. In-Depth Analysis
At this stage, semi-finalist companies were notified and given an in-depth survey questionnaire to fill out regarding their ethics and compliance program, governance and corporate responsibility.
4. Further Refinement
Ethisphere then conducted data analyses on hundreds of companies based on their responses to the survey, as well as documents and information researched and requested by Ethisphere to confirm survey responses. Every company was then given an EQ score based on the results of the survey and measured against seven distinct categories. These categories were Corporate Citizenship and Responsibility; Corporate Governance; Innovation that Contributes to the Public Well Being; Industry leadership; Executive Leadership and Tone from the Top; Legal, Regulatory and Reputation Track Record; and Internal Systems and Ethics/Compliance Program.
Corporate citizenship and responsibility: 20%
How does the company respond to the community and workplace, what is the company’s sustainability track record and how does it audit its supply chain? Ethisphere factored in placement on major sustainability lists, such as FTSE4Good Index Series.
Corporate governance: 10%
Is the company properly aware of potential value conflicts at and around the company and address those conflicts in an effective way?
Innovation that contributes to public well being: 15%
Does the company provide products, services and/or process innovation that positively contributes to public well-being?
Industry leadership: 5%
How does the company set industry standards for business ethics and compliance, corporate governance, responsibility, sustainable development and environmental protection?
Executive leadership and tone from the top: 15%
Does the company have strong and visible executive leadership on ethics, corporate governance and citizenship?
Legal, regulatory and reputation track record: 20%
What is the legal history of the company?
Internal systems and ethics/compliance program: 15%
Does the company have satisfactory internal control systems, including a leading Code of Conduct, whistle-blower policies, prevention and detection controls, etc?
World's most Ethical Companies
proven
2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies
USA Honeywell International
USA • Aerospace and Defense us The Aerospace Corporation
USA • Aerospace and Defense us Harris Corporation
USA • Aerospace and Defense us Nike
USA • Apparel us Patagonia USA • Apparel
de BMW Germany • Automotive USA Cummins
USA • Automotive
us Johnson Controls
USA • Automotive jp Toyota Motor Japan • Automotive
gb HSBC
UK • Banking nl Rabobank
Netherlands • Banking
gb Standard Chartered Bank
UK • Banking au Westpac Banking Corporation
Australia • Banking
bm Accenture
Bermuda • Business Services
BELA Member us Pitney Bowes
USA • Business services
us Dun & Bradstreet
USA • Business Services
BELA Member
us Ecolab
USA • Chemicals
BELA Member us Dell
USA • Computer Hardware
BELA Member
us Hewlett-Packard
USA • Computer Hardware jp Ricoh Company
Japan • Computer Hardware
us Xerox
USA • Computer Hardware us Oracle Corporation
USA • Computer Software
us salesforce.com
USA • Computer Software us Symantec
USA • Computer Software
de Henkel
Germany • Consumer Products jp Kao
Japan • Consumer Products
us Mattel
USA • Consumer Products us SC Johnson & Son
USA • Consumer Products
nl gb Unilever
Netherlands/UK • Consumer Products us General Electric
USA • Diversified Industries
BELA Member
us Freescale Semiconductor
USA • Electronics & Semiconductors us Intel
USA • Electronics & Semiconductors
us Texas Instruments
USA • Electronics & Semiconductors us Duke Energy
USA • Energy & Utilities
us FPL Group
USA • Energy & Utilities us Sempra Energy
USA • Energy & Utilities
BELA Member
no Statkraft
Norway • Energy & Utilities us Wisconsin Energy
USA • Energy & Utilities
ie CRH
Ireland • Engineering & Construction us Fluor
USA • Engineering & Construction
BELA Member
us CH2M Hill
USA • Construction and Engineering switzerland Holcim
Switzerland • Engineering & Construction
us Waste Management
USA • Environmental Services & Equipment
us American Express
USA • Financial services
BELA Member us The Hartford Financial Services
USA • Financial services
BELA Member
us The Principal Financial Group
USA • Financial services fr Danone
France • Food & Beverage
us General Mills
USA • Food & Beverage us Kellogg Company
USA • Food & Beverage
us PepsiCo
USA • Food & Beverage
BELA Member us Stonyfield Farm
USA • Food & Beverage
fr Sodexo
France • Food Service us Safeway
USA • Food Stores
us Trader Joe’s
USA • Food Stores us International Paper
USA • Forestry, Paper & Packaging
fi Stora Enso
Finland • Forestry, Paper & Packaging se Svenska Cellulosa (SCA)
Sweden • Forestry, Paper & Packaging
us Weyerhaeuser
USA • Forestry, Paper & Packaging us Target
USA • General Retail
us Cleveland Clinic
USA • Healthcare us Johns Hopkins Hospital
USA • Healthcare
us Premier
USA • Healthcare fr Accor
France • Hotels, Travel & Hospitality
us Marriott International
USA • Hotels, Travel & Hospitality us Caterpillar
USA • Industrial Manufacturing
us Eaton Corporation
USA • Industrial Manufacturing
BELA Member us John Deere
USA • Industrial manufacturing
us Milliken
USA • Industrial manufacturing
EIC™ Certified us Rockwell Automation
USA • Industrial Manufacturing
us Aflac
USA • Insurance jp Sompo
Japan • Insurance
switzerland Swiss Re
Switzerland • Insurance us Google
USA • Internet
us Zappos.com
USA • Internet
ca gb Thomson Reuters
Canada • Media, Publishing & Entertainment us Time Warner
USA • Media, Publishing & Entertainment
us Baxter International
USA • Medical Devices us Becton Dickinson
USA • Medical Devices
nl Royal Philips
Netherlands • Medical Devices us Flint Hills Resources
USA • Oil & Gas
ca Petro-Canada
Canada • Oil & Gas gb se AstraZeneca
UK/Sweden • Pharma & Biotech
switzerland Novartis
Switzerland • Pharma & Biotech dm Novo Nordisk
Denmark • Pharma & Biotech
dm Novozymes
Denmark • Pharma & Biotech us Jones Lang LaSalle
USA • Real estate
BELA Member • EIC™ Certified
us McDonald’s
USA • Restaurants & Cafes
BELA Member • EIC™ Certified us Starbucks
USA • Restaurants & Cafes
us Best Buy
USA • Specialty Retail us Gap
USA • Specialty Retail
se IKEA
Sweden • Specialty Retail gb Marks & Spencer
UK • Specialty Retail
us Ten Thousand Villages
USA • Specialty Retail us Avaya
USA • Telecom Hardware
BELA Member
us Cisco Systems
USA • Telecom Hardware
EIC™ Certified
us T-Mobile
USA • Telecom Services gb Vodafone
UK • Telecom Services
jp Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Japan • Transportation and logistics
BELA Member us United Parcel Service
USA • Transportation and logistics
This year, 99 companies made the cut. Twenty companies dropped off the list from last year, and 25 companies were newcomers. A remarkable 44 companies are “three-peats,” making the list for the past three years.
Below you’ll find the methodology used to determine winners, as well as a few callouts from companies that made the list, and how they encourage ethics throughout their company on a day-by-day basis.
2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies Selection Process:
1. The Methodology
A methodology committee of leading attorneys, professors, government officials and organization leaders, assisted Ethisphere in creating the scoring methodology for the World’s Most Ethical Companies awards.
2. Candidate Selection
Over the course of the year, companies across the world submitted their applications to become 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Based on these applications, as well as information Ethisphere gathered throughout the year, a list of semi-finalists was created.
3. In-Depth Analysis
At this stage, semi-finalist companies were notified and given an in-depth survey questionnaire to fill out regarding their ethics and compliance program, governance and corporate responsibility.
4. Further Refinement
Ethisphere then conducted data analyses on hundreds of companies based on their responses to the survey, as well as documents and information researched and requested by Ethisphere to confirm survey responses. Every company was then given an EQ score based on the results of the survey and measured against seven distinct categories. These categories were Corporate Citizenship and Responsibility; Corporate Governance; Innovation that Contributes to the Public Well Being; Industry leadership; Executive Leadership and Tone from the Top; Legal, Regulatory and Reputation Track Record; and Internal Systems and Ethics/Compliance Program.
Corporate citizenship and responsibility: 20%
How does the company respond to the community and workplace, what is the company’s sustainability track record and how does it audit its supply chain? Ethisphere factored in placement on major sustainability lists, such as FTSE4Good Index Series.
Corporate governance: 10%
Is the company properly aware of potential value conflicts at and around the company and address those conflicts in an effective way?
Innovation that contributes to public well being: 15%
Does the company provide products, services and/or process innovation that positively contributes to public well-being?
Industry leadership: 5%
How does the company set industry standards for business ethics and compliance, corporate governance, responsibility, sustainable development and environmental protection?
Executive leadership and tone from the top: 15%
Does the company have strong and visible executive leadership on ethics, corporate governance and citizenship?
Legal, regulatory and reputation track record: 20%
What is the legal history of the company?
Internal systems and ethics/compliance program: 15%
Does the company have satisfactory internal control systems, including a leading Code of Conduct, whistle-blower policies, prevention and detection controls, etc?
World's most Ethical Companiesproven2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies
USA Honeywell International
USA • Aerospace and Defense us The Aerospace Corporation
USA • Aerospace and Defense us Harris Corporation
USA • Aerospace and Defense us Nike
USA • Apparel us Patagonia USA • Apparel
de BMW Germany • Automotive USA Cummins
USA • Automotive
us Johnson Controls
USA • Automotive jp Toyota Motor Japan • Automotive
gb HSBC
UK • Banking nl Rabobank
Netherlands • Banking
gb Standard Chartered Bank
UK • Banking au Westpac Banking Corporation
Australia • Banking
bm Accenture
Bermuda • Business Services
BELA Member us Pitney Bowes
USA • Business services
us Dun & Bradstreet
USA • Business Services
BELA Member
us Ecolab
USA • Chemicals
BELA Member us Dell
USA • Computer Hardware
BELA Member
us Hewlett-Packard
USA • Computer Hardware jp Ricoh Company
Japan • Computer Hardware
us Xerox
USA • Computer Hardware us Oracle Corporation
USA • Computer Software
us salesforce.com
USA • Computer Software us Symantec
USA • Computer Software
de Henkel
Germany • Consumer Products jp Kao
Japan • Consumer Products
us Mattel
USA • Consumer Products us SC Johnson & Son
USA • Consumer Products
nl gb Unilever
Netherlands/UK • Consumer Products us General Electric
USA • Diversified Industries
BELA Member
us Freescale Semiconductor
USA • Electronics & Semiconductors us Intel
USA • Electronics & Semiconductors
us Texas Instruments
USA • Electronics & Semiconductors us Duke Energy
USA • Energy & Utilities
us FPL Group
USA • Energy & Utilities us Sempra Energy
USA • Energy & Utilities
BELA Member
no Statkraft
Norway • Energy & Utilities us Wisconsin Energy
USA • Energy & Utilities
ie CRH
Ireland • Engineering & Construction us Fluor
USA • Engineering & Construction
BELA Member
us CH2M Hill
USA • Construction and Engineering switzerland Holcim
Switzerland • Engineering & Construction
us Waste Management
USA • Environmental Services & Equipment
us American Express
USA • Financial services
BELA Member us The Hartford Financial Services
USA • Financial services
BELA Member
us The Principal Financial Group
USA • Financial services fr Danone
France • Food & Beverage
us General Mills
USA • Food & Beverage us Kellogg Company
USA • Food & Beverage
us PepsiCo
USA • Food & Beverage
BELA Member us Stonyfield Farm
USA • Food & Beverage
fr Sodexo
France • Food Service us Safeway
USA • Food Stores
us Trader Joe’s
USA • Food Stores us International Paper
USA • Forestry, Paper & Packaging
fi Stora Enso
Finland • Forestry, Paper & Packaging se Svenska Cellulosa (SCA)
Sweden • Forestry, Paper & Packaging
us Weyerhaeuser
USA • Forestry, Paper & Packaging us Target
USA • General Retail
us Cleveland Clinic
USA • Healthcare us Johns Hopkins Hospital
USA • Healthcare
us Premier
USA • Healthcare fr Accor
France • Hotels, Travel & Hospitality
us Marriott International
USA • Hotels, Travel & Hospitality us Caterpillar
USA • Industrial Manufacturing
us Eaton Corporation
USA • Industrial Manufacturing
BELA Member us John Deere
USA • Industrial manufacturing
us Milliken
USA • Industrial manufacturing
EIC™ Certified us Rockwell Automation
USA • Industrial Manufacturing
us Aflac
USA • Insurance jp Sompo
Japan • Insurance
switzerland Swiss Re
Switzerland • Insurance us Google
USA • Internet
us Zappos.com
USA • Internet
ca gb Thomson Reuters
Canada • Media, Publishing & Entertainment us Time Warner
USA • Media, Publishing & Entertainment
us Baxter International
USA • Medical Devices us Becton Dickinson
USA • Medical Devices
nl Royal Philips
Netherlands • Medical Devices us Flint Hills Resources
USA • Oil & Gas
ca Petro-Canada
Canada • Oil & Gas gb se AstraZeneca
UK/Sweden • Pharma & Biotech
switzerland Novartis
Switzerland • Pharma & Biotech dm Novo Nordisk
Denmark • Pharma & Biotech
dm Novozymes
Denmark • Pharma & Biotech us Jones Lang LaSalle
USA • Real estate
BELA Member • EIC™ Certified
us McDonald’s
USA • Restaurants & Cafes
BELA Member • EIC™ Certified us Starbucks
USA • Restaurants & Cafes
us Best Buy
USA • Specialty Retail us Gap
USA • Specialty Retail
se IKEA
Sweden • Specialty Retail gb Marks & Spencer
UK • Specialty Retail
us Ten Thousand Villages
USA • Specialty Retail us Avaya
USA • Telecom Hardware
BELA Member
us Cisco Systems
USA • Telecom Hardware
EIC™ Certified
us T-Mobile
USA • Telecom Services gb Vodafone
UK • Telecom Services
jp Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Japan • Transportation and logistics
BELA Member us United Parcel Service
USA • Transportation and logistics
