Something About Business has an interesting post today about the most ethical companies of 2010. It’s interesting and I call your attention to it.

(I recommend you put “Something About Business” on your favorites.)

James Pilant

In my last post, I briefly mentioned some companies that have shown very poor examples of ethics in past business relations. Just today, I came across an Ethisphere Institute report that instead, detailed the acknowledgment of companies who were the most ethical in 2010. The World’s Most Ethical (WME) companies were awarded because they demonstrated real and sustained ethical leadership within their field. There are no set maximum or minimum awar … Read More

via Something About Business

Note – The Ethisphere Institute 2010 Report of the top 100 ethical companies opens with this-

 The World’s 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 Institute’s credo of “Good. Smart. Business. Profit.”

There is no set number of companies that make the list each year. Rather, the World’s 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 100 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Of these companies, 26 are new to the list in 2010 and 24 companies dropped off from the 2009 list. These “drop offs” generally occurred because of litigation and ethics violations, as well as increased competition from within their industry.

For the list itself, please go to the link.