28 September 2011 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies rings the NYSE Opening Bell

Описание: Select 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies visited the NYSE to recognize the connection between ethical business practice and increased business performance. In honor of the occasion, The Ethisphere Institute rang The Opening BellSM with select NYSE-listed 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies.

Recognizing Ethics' Role in Creating Corporate Value

Ethisphere, a leading international think tank dedicated to advancing best practices in corporate ethics, followed the bell ringing with the Ethics Drives Performance conference, hosted in cooperation with NYSE Euronext, during which leaders from the 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies shared insights and best practices for prioritizing ethics to grow the bottom line. The complete agenda for the conference can be found at: http://m1.ethisphere.com/events/11092....



NYSE-listed 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies that rang the bell with Ethisphere include AECOM (NYSE: ACM), Aflac (NYSE: AFL), Ford (NYSE: F), General Electric (GE), International Paper (NYSE: IP), Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL), Marriott (NYSE: MAR), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), and Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM). NYSE Euronext is among the winning companies featured in the Financial Services sector and is the only exchange operator among this year's list.



About Ethisphere Institute

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 the only third-party verifications of compliance programs and ethical cultures that include: Ethics Inside® Certification, Compliance Leader Verification™ and Anti-Corruption Program Verification™. The Institute's premier membership group, the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance™, is a business ethics forum that includes more than 100 leading corporations, universities and institutions that collectively leverage their experience, expertise and innovative ways to address emerging compliance challenges. More information on the Ethisphere Institute, including ranking projects and membership, can be found at www.ethisphere.com.