The Ethisphere Institute announced its sixth annual selection of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. One hundred forty-five organizations made the list in 2012 from more than three dozen industries, including 43 headquartered outside the United States. Twenty-three companies that have been honored each of the six years the WME has been awarded, including Aflac, American … Read more »
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Ethisphere’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics
The Ethisphere Institute unveiled its “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics,” an annual list of individuals who have made a significant impact in the realm of corporate citizenship over the course of the previous year. Some are world famous and some are little unknown. Here are some that caught my attention: #48 Stephen Colbert … Read more »
Should You Invest in the World’s Most Ethical Companies 2011 Edition
The Ethisphere Institute announced its fifth annual selection of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, highlighting 110 organizations that lead the way in promoting ethical business standards. Of the 110 companies honored this year, 74were on the 2010 list. (If you need help with the math, 36 are new to the list in 2011 and 26 … Read more »
Should You Invest in Ethical Companies?
Yesterday, I was excited to see that the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2010 had outperformed the S&P 500. Ethisphere went back five years and charted the performance. They found a 53% return for the 2010 class of companies, compared to a 4% return in the S&P. The hindsight of looking back on the performance … Read more »
World’s Most Ethical Companies 2010 Edition
Ethisphere Institute just announced its list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2010. Of the 100 companies on their list, 26 are new to the list. The sole winner for the real estate industry is Jones Lang LaSalle. For the financial services industry there were three companies: American Express, The Hartford and The Principal Financial … Read more »
2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies
Ethisphere has published its collection of 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Twenty companies dropped off the 2008 list and 25 new ones were added, leaving a list of 99 companies. Who caught my eye was Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate company (one of my company’s business relationships) who was back on the list again. … Read more »
100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics 2008
Ethisphere has published its list of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics for 2008. The winners are broken down into the following nine core categories: Government and Regulatory Business Leadership Non-Government Organization Design and Sustainability Media and Whistleblowers Thought Leadership Corporate Culture Investment and Research Legal and Governance Here is the list: 1. … Read more »
Code of Business Ethics for Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated was named to The Ethisphere Institute’s 2008 World’s Most Ethical Companies list. The World’s Most Ethical Companies are the ones that go above and beyond legal minimums, bring about innovative new ideas to expand the public well being, work on reducing their carbon footprint rather than contributing to green washing and … Read more »
Bribery’s Broken Windows
Alexandra Wrage of TRACE international wrote Bribery’s Broken Windows (.pdf) for the Q1 edition of Ethisphere. She tackles the credibility issue with allowing facilitating payments to low level officials, but saying “no” to senior ranking official. She advocates that the companies should prohibit payments at all levels. She looks to the New York subway system’s … Read more »
Top Ranked Codes of Conduct
Ethisphere ranked 50 Codes of Conduct. According to Ethisphere, here are some of the best: Cisco’s Code of Business Conduct “An attractive Code that passes with flying colors. Only areas that could be improved are the non-retaliation and reporting sections, and the 13,000 word length.” Alltel Wireless Ethics Policy “Excellent supportive learning aids and good … Read more »