Factbox: Ethisphere's most ethical companies

BOSTON | Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:19am EDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Ethisphere Institute, a New York think tank, issued its annual ranking of the world's 100 most ethical large companies on Monday.

The 2010 list includes some well-known names, including automaker Ford Motor Co (F.N), software company Adobe Systems Inc (ADBE.O) and grocer Whole Foods Market Inc WFMI.O among the new entrants. Those newcomers pushed other big names, including Toyota Motor Co (7203.T) and McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) off the list.

Ethisphere evaluated more than 3,000 companies with at least $50 million in annual revenue.

NEWCOMERS TO THE TOP 100:

Adobe Systems Inc (ADBE.O)

Aramark Corp ARMRK.UL

Ashland Inc (ASH.N)

Barrett Jackson Auction Co

Campbell Soup Co (CPB.N)

Comme il Faut

Dow Corning Corp DOWCR.UL

Ford Motor Co (F.N)

Granite Construction Inc (GVA.N)

Hospital Corp of America Inc

J.M. Smith Corp

L'Oreal SA (OREP.PA)

National Grid Plc (NG.L)

Noblis

Parsons Engineering

Paychex Inc (PAYX.O)

Rezidor Hotel Group AB (REZT.ST)

Rockwell Collins Inc (COL.N)

Solae LLC

Teradata (TDC.N)

Timken Co (TKR.N)

Wegmans

Whole Foods Market Inc WFMI.O

Wisconsin Physicians

Wyndham Worldwide Corp (WYN.N)

DROPPED FROM TOP 100 IN 2010:

Accor (ACCP.PA)

BMW (BMWG.DE)

Baxter International (BAX.N)

Danone SA (DANO.PA)

Dell Inc (DELL.O)

Holcim Ltd (HOLN.VX)

Honeywell International Inc (HON.N)

HSBC (HSBA.L)

Intel Corp (INTC.O)

Kellogg Co (K.N)

Marks & Spencer (MKS.L)

Marriott International (MAR.N)

McDonald's Corp (MCD.N)

Novartis AG (NOVN.VX)

Novozymes (NZYMb.CO)

Oracle Corp (ORCL.O)

Petro-Canada (SU.TO)

SC Johnson & Son

Safeway Inc (SWY.N)

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc 8755.T

Statkraft STATK.UL

Stonyfield Farm

Toyota Motor Co (7203.T)

Unilever Plc (ULVR.L)

Source: The Ethisphere Institute

(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Gary Hill)

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Comments (5)
SPCmahoney wrote:
So, what’s the most ethical company? What is the top ten?

Mar 22, 2010 2:00am EDT  --  Report as abuse
voelker1 wrote:
I am confused as to how McDonald’s and Toyota Motor Co. were both “…pushed…off the list.” while at the same time both are shown as “NEWCOMERS TO THE TOP 100″ ???

Mar 22, 2010 4:51pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
uto wrote:
Full list: http://ethisphere.com/wme2010/

Looks like it’s a Top 100 list without individual rankings – interesting this article omitted that Thomson Reuters made the list.

Mar 22, 2010 5:44pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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