NEW YORK — Eaton Corp., Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI), Timken, Cummins, Ford and Honeywell International are familiar names among the 145 companies named to the Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies list for this year.
This is the sixth consecutive year that both Eaton and Johnson Controls have been recognized with the honor and the second year for Timken. JCI, along with Cummins and Ford Motor Co., were recognized in the automotive category. Eaton, Timken and Honeywell International were honored in the industrial manufacturing category.
The research-based Ethisphere Institute is a leading international think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability. Ethisphere magazine, which publishes the globally recognized World’s Most Ethical Companies Ranking, is the quarterly publication of the Institute. Ethisphere provides third-party verifications of compliance programs and ethical cultures that include: Ethics Inside Certification, Compliance Leader Verification and Anti-Corruption Program Verification.
Read about the methodology and view the complete list of the 2012 World’s Most Ethical Companies at www.ethisphere.com/wme.