Black & Veatch Joins Business Ethics Leadership Alliance
to Promote Core Business Ethics Values
Monday, March 08, 2010 — The Ethisphere Institute today announced that Black & Veatch has joined the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), a groundbreaking initiative founded by the institute that promotes ethical business practices. Black & Veatch has aligned itself with other BELA [...]

If anyone knows what it’s like to get slapped with a large criminal penalty by the Justice Department, it’s Pfizer, which got whacked last year with criminal and civil fines and a forfeiture to the government to the tune of $2.3 billion.
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Effective compliance programs can help companies protect their most valuable asset — their reputation.
And lawyers from two of the most well-known companies in the world on Tuesday told a packed audience at the Global Ethics Summit 2010 in New York City about why their compliance programs have been key to their companies’ success.
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Certification Gives Ethical Companies a Competitive Advantage

Ethisphere’s Ethics Inside™ Certification recognizes and rewards organizations with outstanding commitments to ethical business practices
NEW YORK – Jan. 28, 2010 – The Ethisphere Institute today announced it is working with Corporate Board Member magazine in a effort to promote the importance of business ethics in the corporate and [...]

ETHISPHERE ANNOUNCES ANNUAL LIST OF
100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN BUSINESS ETHICS
2009 Winners Recognized for Significantly Affecting, Furthering and
Elevating Business Ethics Dialogue
People We Won’t Miss List Highlights Those Who Committed Top 10 Ethical Missteps of 2009
New York – December 17, 2009 – After one of the corporate sector’s most tumultuous years in decades, which [...]

Joint Committee Will Focus on Furthering Ethics and Compliance Thought Leadership, Education and Resources in Corporate and Government Sectors
PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Ethisphere Institute, along with partner Corpedia, a leading provider of corporate and institutional ethics training, consulting and risk assessment solutions, today announced the Ethisphere-Corpedia Joint Committee on Business Ethics, a group of leading attorneys specializing [...]

Ethisphere Magazine Enlists Seven Leading Chief Executives and Chairmen to Highlight Importance of Business Ethics
Executives from John Deere, Deloitte and Corporate Executive Board Among Q3 Edition Contributors
Focus on Long-Term Benefits of Ethics: Productivity, Profitability, and Retention of Customers and Employees
NEW YORK–November 3, 2009–The Ethisphere Institute, a think tank dedicated to the research and promotion of [...]

Corporate Board Member welcomed Tim Erblich, executive vice president of Ethisphere Institute, to “This Week in the Boardroom,” to discuss how successful boards help spawn ethical cultures and can positively impact business performance.
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“If you save a company like Morgan Stanley, you deserve much more than a 17 percent return on your investment,” said Alexander F. Brigham, executive director of the Ethisphere Institute, an independent think tank that is tracking the government bailout…
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Even enthusiastic watchdogs are getting complacent about the state of the Treasury’s portfolio. In February Ethisphere magazine launched “The Ethisphere TARP Index” to measure the performance of the government’s bailout investments. It ceased publishing the index recently. Ethisphere’s editor explained that…
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WellCare Health Plans, Inc. announced today that Thomas F. O’Neil III has been named a “Top General Counsel” by the Ethisphere Institute on its 2009 Attorneys Who Matter list.
“Being named to Ethisphere’s Attorneys Who Matter list validates Tom’s reputation as one of the best in the field of corporate compliance…”
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Great Southern officials said the bank’s consistently favorable ranking in the Ethisphere TARP Index has been a welcome accolade on top of two strong quarters. And while Chief Financial Officer Rex Copeland couldn’t speak to the accuracy of the index value assigned to his bank, he did say Great Southern’s rank seems logical.
“I’m not sure [...]

The lawyer who helped Sen. Ted Stevens win a reversal of his conviction because of prosecutorial misconduct is one of five lawyers named to a “hall of fame” list of attorneys who matter by the magazine Ethisphere…
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“We are very pleased that the Ethisphere Institute has recognized Peter and Michael, not only for their knowledge and expertise in advising multinationals on issues of compliance, but also for their commitment to advancing ethics in business,” said Christopher White, Cadwalader’s Chairman.

The upcoming edition of the quarterly Ethisphere Magazine, to be [...]

“We are thrilled that Solae has joined BELA as a strong advocate of these core principles,” said Alex Brigham, executive director of the Ethisphere Institute and founder of BELA. “We congratulate Solae on the decision to take action by demonstrating a commitment to supporting responsible business practices and look forward to its contributions to BELA’s [...]

“Ethisphere is proud to honor the Attorneys Who Matter for the work they do in advancing the cause of ethics and corporate compliance,” said Stephen Martin, Executive Editor of Ethisphere. “The attorneys on this list are the best of the best and have a wide range of experience as both in-house and outside counsel, assisting [...]

Ethisphere Recognizes More than 100 Attorneys Who Excel in Corporate Compliance
Attorneys Who Matter List Highlights the Best of the Best in Promoting Ethics
Categories Include Hall of Fame, Top Guns and Up-and-Comers
New York – July 30, 2009 – The Ethisphere Institute today announced its first annual list of Attorneys Who Matter, recognizing more than 100 [...]

Ethisphere publishes a TARP index, updated weekly, that measures the financial performance of all TARP recipients and calculates the “return” to taxpayers if the bailout funds are treated as an investment in the companies that got them. By that measure, the government has been a poor investor, losing about…
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To gauge how much bailout money may be at risk, U.S. News asked the Ethisphere Institute…to identify who the biggest TARP-jumpers are likely to be. Ethisphere publishes a TARP index, updated weekly, that measures the financial performance of all TARP recipients and calculates the “return” to taxpayers if the bailout funds are treated as an…
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Maybe more importantly, the company built quite a reputation with outsiders and customers alike. It has been recognized as one of “America’s Most Admired Companies” by Fortune magazine and one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by the Ethisphere Institute…
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Ten Thousand Villages in Glendale has been selected one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” for the second consecutive year.
The Ethisphere Institute and Forbes Magazine gave the business…
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There are real, recurring and significant returns, however, for organizations that base their actions on a strong sense of ethics. Recently, Ethisphere published its 2009 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. Those companies’ stock had grown at a rate more than double that of the Standard & Poor’s 500…
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A research firm called the Ethisphere Institute has tallied results and found that current market prices put the Treasury Department’s losses so far at $137.1 billion on initial investments that totaled $511 billion. The figure does not include $68 billion returned by banks last month but does include $11.7 billion in gains from…
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Company Extends Leadership in Legal Market
ARLINGTON, VA and MOFFET FIELD, CA – (July 16, 2009) – The Corporate Executive Board Company (NASDAQ: EXBD) today announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Legal OnRamp, the leader in Legal Web 2.0, as part of an initiative to bring new resources to law department members [...]

Contrary to popular belief, a sustainable strategy can be good for business…A recent analysis of the world’s most ethical companies conducted by Ethisphere showed that they consistently outperform the S&P 500.
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