Microsoft named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies

The Ethisphere Institute is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Today it announced 135 companies spanning 57 industries as the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies and Microsoft is one of them. To compile this list, Ethisphere Institute scored the companies in five key categories: ethics and compliance program (35 percent), corporate citizenship and responsibility (20 percent), culture of ethics (20 percent), governance (15 percent), and leadership, innovation and reputation (10 percent).

Values-based leadership leaped to the forefront of business strategy, and companies increasingly discussed their purpose in broad, community-focused terms. Diversity and inclusion, investment and long-term commitment, and constructive use of a company’s voice are now the hallmarks of what stakeholders are expecting and investors are rewarding.

“At Microsoft, trust and integrity are core to our values and critical to our success. We’re passionate about applying the power of technology to improve our world, and that starts with doing business in a way that builds and maintains trust with our customers,” said Microsoft President, Brad Smith. “Microsoft is honored to be named once again to the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere because it reflects our passion to make a lasting impact on the world around us.”

It is important to note that LinkedIn was also named in this list.

Source: Ethisphere