Ethisphere Announces 128 World’s Most Ethical Companies® for 2019
The 128 honorees span 21 countries and 50 industries and includes 16 first-time honorees and eight companies that have been named to the list every year since 2007.
The Financial Premium of Ethical Leadership
With CEO commentary from IBM, Milliken, T-Mobile, Sony Corporation, and TATA Steel.
Ethisphere has been recognizing the World’s Most Ethical Companies since 2007.
Research Report: 2019 Honoree Insights
The first volume keys in on three main themes: 1) diversity at the highest levels of the organization, 2) how leading companies embrace transparency in building an open-door culture, and 3) how Honorees have set the standard for written standards. It also identifies developing trends and showcases year-over-year comparisons for certain data points.
By the Numbers
Stats about the 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies
128
Companies
50
Industries
21
Countries
6.75
Million Employees
$3.02
Trillion in Annual Revenues
$6.05
Trillion in Market Cap
5-Year Ethics Premium: 14.4%
Performance of the 2019 Honorees as compared to the
Large Cap Index
PepsiCo CEO’s Remarks from the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies Gala
PepsiCo’s CEO Indra Nooyi Delivers the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies Keynote Address
PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi delivered the Keynote Address at the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies Gala on March 13 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Nooyi, CEO since 2006, is the chief architect of Performance with Purpose, PepsiCo’s pledge to do what is right for the business by being responsive to the needs of the world.
The Methology Behind the Selection Process
Ethisphere’s Ethics Quotient® is a proprietary rating system that collects and objectively scores self-reported data in five weighted categories. Questions included in the Ethics Quotient are periodically reviewed and updated based on changing regulations, expectations, and best practices. Supporting documentation is required for consideration as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.
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Latest Insights from the 2019 #WorldsMostEthicalCompanies: 76% of the honorees say that the individual w/ day-to-day program responsibility now commonly presents to the board. Doug Allen, Managing Director, Ethisphere explains https://t.co/wUbWLYyvdA
Insights Series Data: The median number of full-time employees (FTE) dedicated to compliance and ethics reported by #WorldsMostEthicalCompanies honorees in highly regulated industries is 92.0, as compared to 14.8 at non-highly regulated companies: https://t.co/aw7EmxT6q5
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According to data from our 2019 #WorldsMostEthicalCompanies Insights Series -- A full 76% of the honorees designate a “Chief Compliance and/or Ethics Officer,” and only 26% maintain the familiar “dual-hatted” structure-- learn more in our webcast @ 1pm ET: https://t.co/k1Tu3ynQCX