100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics (2007)
Posted By Ethisphere.com On November 29, 2007 @ 7:29 pm In Must Read, News and Announcements, issue_004 | 26 Comments
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These days, sustainability and responsibility are no small matter. However, ethical action - whether performed by large corporations or small, local non-profits - is not something that just happens; it’s brought on by inspired individuals. In honor of the approaching New Year, we decided to bring together the forerunners of the business ethics world from the past year, wrapped together in a tidy 1 to 100 ranking.
In order to come up with a list of nominees for the list, we reached out to a group of experts from major universities and institutions in order to assemble an advisory panel. With their collective expertise, and the help of a working group of Ethisphere editors, reporters and fact checkers (and after much heated and lengthy debate), we assembled the names of hundreds of nominees, and chiseled it down to a finely honed list of 100. The experts that weighed in on this story all belong somewhere near the top of the list in their own right but, unfortunately, they can’t be. Those were the rules.
The winners are broken down into the following nine core categories:
| Government and Regulatory Did the individual impact government rules or enforcement trends? |
Business Leadership Did the individual substantially transform a specific business’ operational practices consistent with profitable ethical leadership, forcing competitors to follow suit or fall behind? |
Non-Government Organization (NGO) Did the individual impact a company’s (or industry’s) practices through external, non-regulatory leadership either through positive collaboration or negative publicity for a positive end? |
| Design and Sustainability Did the individual substantially contribute to or lead a product or service redesign, which resulted in less natural resource use, or increased consumer acceptance of sustainability without diminishing the quality of the original product or service? |
Media and Whistleblowers Did the individual raise awareness on a critical issue or expose corruption? |
Thought Leadership Did the individual conceive of new approaches or otherwise materially contribute to the field of business ethics theory in a way that could be easily applied by corporate leaders? |
| Corporate Culture Did the individual show success to transforming the ethical culture and behavior of a corporation or institution, particularly if such corporation or institution previously had a less than ethical culture and values system? |
Investment and Research Did the individual impact corporate behavior through influencing investor decisions and the deployment of investment capital due to research or institutional fund management practices? |
Legal and Governance Did the individual impact any legal cases which set the precedents in corporate compliance, or influence trends or structure in effective corporate governance for public and/or private companies? |
Now, without further ado, we present to you 2007’s 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics:
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Rank
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Name
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Role
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Organization
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| 1 | [2] Neelie Kroes | Government + Regulatory | European Commissioner for Competition |
| 2 | [3] Myron T. Steele | Government + Regulatory | Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court |
| 3 | [4] Jeffrey R. Immelt | Business Leadership | Chairman & CEO, General Electric |
| 4 | [5] H. Lee Scott, Jr. | Business Leadership | President & CEO, Wal-mart |
| 5 | [6] Christopher Cox | Government + Regulatory | Chairman, U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) |
| 6 | [7] Huguette Labelle | NGO | Chair of Board of Directors, Transparency International (TI) |
| 7 | [8] Anne Mulcahy | Business Leadership | Chairman & CEO, Xerox |
| 8 | [9] Alan L. Boeckmann | Business Leadership | Chairman & CEO, Fluor Corporation |
| 9 | [10] Björn Stigson | NGO | President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) |
| 10 | [11] Pascale Dubois | Government + Regulatory | Sanctions Evaluation and Suspension Officer, World Bank |
| 11 | [12] Stuart Rose | Business Leadership | CEO, Marks & Spencer |
| 12 | [13] Brian D. Miller | Government + Regulatory | Inspector General, U.S. General Services Administration (U.S. GSA) |
| 13 | [14] Thomas Bergmark | Design | Social and Environmental Affairs Manager, IKEA Group |
| 14 | [15] Mark F. Mendelsohn | Government + Regulatory | Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) |
| 15 | [16] Serge P. Appel | Design | Associate Partner, Cook + Fox Architects |
| 16 | [17] Greg Farrell | Media + Disclosure | Journalist (USA Today) and respected business author |
| 17 | [18] Michael Dell | Business Leadership | Chairman and CEO, Dell |
| 18 | [19] William Westwood Lockyer | Government + Regulatory | Treasurer, State of California |
| 19 | [20] Eric Pillmore | Corporate Culture | Former SVP Corporate Governance, Tyco International |
| 20 | [21] Dan McDougall | Media + Disclosure | Journalist, The Observer (U.K.) |
| 21 | [22] Charley Situ | Media + Disclosure | Former Controller of LDK Solar Co. |
| 22 | [23] Thomas Donaldson | Thought Leadership | Director, PhD Program in Ethics and Law, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
| 23 | [24] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | Government + Regulatory | President of Indonesia |
| 24 | [25] Humberto Garcia | Design | Packaging Manager for Environmental Sustainability, Unilever |
| 25 | [26] Jonathan S. Hoak | Corporate Culture | Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Hewlett-Packard |
| 26 | [27] Alexandra Wrage | NGO | President, TRACE International Inc. |
| 27 | [28] Peter D. Kinder | Investment + Governance | President and Co-Founder, KLD Research & Analytics |
| 28 | [29] Mark Parker | Business Leadership | President & CEO, Nike |
| 29 | [30] Al Gore | NGO | Nobel Laureate and Former U.S. Vice-President |
| 30 | [31] Daniel P. Amos | Legal + Governance | Chairman and CEO, Aflac |
| 31 | [32] Danielle Brian | Media + Disclosure | Executive Director, Project On Government Oversight (POGO) |
| 32 | [33] Milton Friedman | Thought Leadership | Economist and Nobel Laureate |
| 33 | [34] Timothy Smith | Investment + Governance | Director of Socially Responsive Investment, Walden Asset Management |
| 34 | [35] Bennett Freeman | Investment + Governance | SVP Social Research and Policy, Calvert |
| 35 | [36] Wolfgang Schaupensteiner | Government + Regulatory | Senior Public Prosecutor, City of Frankfurt (Germany) |
| 36 | [37] Kirk Hanson | Thought Leadership | Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics |
| 37 | [38] David P. Steiner | Business Leadership | CEO, Waste Management |
| 38 | [39] Peter Webster | Investment | Executive Director, Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS) |
| 39 | [40] R. Edward Freeman | Thought Leadership | Professor, The Darden School (University of Virginia) |
| 40 | [41] Sir Terry Leahy | Business Leadership | Chief Executive, Tesco |
| 41 | [42] Maryanne Lavan | Corporate Culture | VP Internal Audit, Lockheed Martin |
| 42 | [43] Steve Driver | Business Leadership | President of Global Supply Chain, Cadbury Schweppes |
| 43 | [44] Sarah Forrest, Anthony Ling, Marc Fox, and Stephan Feilhauer | Investment | Researchers, Goldman Sachs “GS Sustain Index” |
| 44 | [45] Willard “Bill” Nielsen | Corporate Culture | Former VP of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, Johnson & Johnson |
| 45 | [46] Alan Knott-Craig | Business Leadership | CEO, Vodacom |
| 46 | [47] Arnold Schwarzenegger | Government + Regulatory | Governor, State of California |
| 47 | [48] Tensie Whelan | NGO | Executive Director, Rainforest Alliance |
| 48 | [49] Gerald Grinstein | Business Leadership | Former CEO, Delta Airlines (retired in 2007) |
| 49 | [50] Ira M. Millstein | Legal | Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| 50 | [51] John Reid, MP | Government + Regulatory | Member of Parliament and former Home Secretary (U.K.) |
| 51 | [52] Michael Schade | NGO | PVC Campaign Coordinator, the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) |
| 52 | [53] Tan Sri Hassan Marican | Business Leadership | President and CEO, Petronas (Malaysia) |
| 53 | [54] Matthew J. Kiernan | Investment + Governance | Founder and CEO, Innovest Strategic Value Advisers |
| 54 | [55] Indra K. Nooyi | Business Leadership | Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo |
| 55 | [56] Philippa Foster-Back | NGO | Director, Institute for Business Ethics (IBE) |
| 56 | [57] Paul Rice | NGO | President & CEO, TransFair USA |
| 57 | [58] Jay G. Martin | Corporate Culture | VP & Chief Compliance Officer, Baker Hughes |
| 58 | [59] Douglas M. Baker, Jr. | Business Leadership | CEO, Ecolab |
| 59 | [60] A mysterious employee | Media + Disclosure | Unnamed Employee, National Air Cargo |
| 60 | [61] Todd Paglia | NGO | Executive Director, ForestEthics |
| 61 | [62] Alan Vinegrad | Legal + Governance | Partner, Covington & Burling LLP |
| 62 | [63] Jonathan M. Malis | Government + Regulatory | Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) |
| 63 | [64] Mark Lee | Investment + Research | CEO, SustainAbility |
| 64 | [65] Patrick Gnazzo | Corporate Culture | SVP, U.S. Public Sector Businesses, Computer Associates |
| 65 | [66] Therese Martinet | Design Sustainability + Citizenship | Director of Sustainable Development, PSA Peugeot Citroën |
| 66 | [67] Marilyn Carlson Nelson | Business Leadership | Chairman & CEO, Carlson Companies |
| 67 | [68] Jeff Swartz | Business Leadership | CEO, Timberland |
| 68 | [69] Hayward Bell | Corporate Culture | Chief Diversity Officer, Raytheon |
| 69 | [70] Richard Edelman | Media + Disclosure | President & CEO, Edelman |
| 70 | [71] Howard Gardner | Thought Leadership | Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard University |
| 71 | [72] Andrew Weissmann | Legal | Partner, Jenner & Block |
| 72 | [73] Ethel Cormier | Business Leadership | Associate Director of Nutrition Science Institute, Procter & Gamble |
| 73 | [74] Angel Gurría | Government + Regulatory | Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) |
| 74 | [75] James O’Toole | Thought Leadership | Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics, University of Denver |
| 75 | [76] Mark Tercek | Corporate Culture | Director of Corporate Citizenship, Goldman Sachs |
| 76 | [77] Dr. Patricia Harned | Thought Leadership | President, The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) |
| 77 | [78] Carol Cone | Media + Disclosure | Chairman of Cone, Inc. |
| 78 | [79] Richard Branson | Business Leadership | Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group |
| 79 | [80] Allan Smith | Business Leadership | VP Global Chief of Environmental Strategy and Programs, Steelcase |
| 80 | [81] Jay Bolus | Design | Manager of Technical Operations, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC (MBDC) |
| 81 | [82] Jon Williams | Business Leadership | Head of Group Sustainable Development, HSBC |
| 82 | [83] Fred Krupp | Design, Sustainability + Citizenship | President, Environmental Defense |
| 83 | [84] Bob Langert | Business Leadership | VP Corporate Social Responsibility, McDonald’s |
| 84 | [85] Leslie Gaines-Ross | Business Leadership | Chief Reputation Strategist, Weber Shandwick |
| 85 | [86] Wang Shouye’s mistress | Government + Regulatory | Mistress for the Deputy Commander of Chinese Navy |
| 86 | [87] Marc Gunther | Media + Disclosure | Journalist, Fortune Magazine |
| 87 | [88] Martin J. Weinstein | Legal + Governance | Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP |
| 88 | [89] David P. Stangis | Corporate Culture | Director of Corporate Responsibility, Intel |
| 89 | [90] Alan Yuspeh | Corporate Culture | SVP, Ethics, Compliance and Corporate Responsibility, Columbia/HCA Healthcare |
| 90 | [91] David Logan | Design, Sustainability + Citizenship | Co-founder and Executive Director, The Corporate Citizenship Company |
| 91 | [92] Mark Pieth | Government + Regulatory | Chairman, OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions |
| 92 | [93] Roy Snell | NGO | CEO, Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) |
| 93 | [94] Ronald F. Duska | Thought Leadership | Director, Mitchell Center for Ethical Leadership |
| 94 | [95] Jon Lukomnik | Legal + Governance | Founder and Managing Partner, Sinclair Capital |
| 95 | [96] Gavin Newsom | Government + Regulatory | Mayor, San Francisco |
| 96 | [97] Mindy S. Lubber | NGO | President, Ceres |
| 97 | [98] Jonathan Lash | Design, Sustainability + Citizenship | President, World Resources Institute |
| 98 | [99] Joseph Keefe | Investment + Governance | President and CEO, Pax World Management |
| 99 | [100] Mark Buckley | Design | VP Environmental Affairs, Staples |
| 100 | [101] Georg Kell | NGO | Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact |
*For in-depth commentary and individual break downs on why each individual made the list, please refer to the Q4 edition of Ethisphere Magazine, released in December, 2007.
Learning from Others’ Mistakes: 2007’s Top 10 People We Won’t MissInfluence isn’t only brought about by positive actions, sometimes unintended improvement comes from ethical missteps. Here are the top ten individuals that have influenced business ethics through professional flubs.
*For in-depth commentary and individual break downs on why each individual made the list, please refer to the Q4 edition of Ethisphere Magazine, released in December, 2007.
Advisory Panel:
The following individuals offered their knowledge and expertise on business ethics to lend a hand in constructing this list.
| Ronald Berenbeim Principal Researcher, Business Ethics The Conference Board |
Brian Moriarty Associate Director for Communications Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics |
| John Dienhart Frank Shrontz Chair for Business Ethics and Professor of Management Seattle University |
Paul Moxey Head of Corporate Governance and Risk Management Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| Cristián del Campo Director, Business and Economics Ethics Program Alberto Hurtado University |
Hans Schöllhammer Professor, Anderson School of Management UCLA |
| Charles Elson Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance University of Delaware |
Buie Seawell Louis B. Beaumont Professor of Business Education, The Daniels College of Business University of Denver |
| Paul Fiorelli Director, Williams College of Business Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Xavier University |
Jeffrey Seglin Associate Professor of Writing, Literature & Publishing Emerson College |
| Marianne Jennings Professor of Legal and Ethical Studies, W.P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University |
Linda Trevino Professor of Organizational Behavior, Cook Fellow in Business Ethics, Smeal College of Business Pennsylvania State University |
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[3] Myron T. Steele : http://ethisphere.com/myron-t-steele/
[4] Jeffrey R. Immelt : http://ethisphere.com/jeffrey-r-immelt/
[5] H. Lee Scott, Jr.: http://ethisphere.com/h-lee-scott-jr/
[6] Christopher Cox : http://ethisphere.com/christopher-cox/
[7] Huguette Labelle: http://ethisphere.com/huguette-labelle/
[8] Anne Mulcahy: http://ethisphere.com/anne-m-mulcahy/
[9] Alan L. Boeckmann : http://ethisphere.com/alan-l-boeckmann/
[10] Björn Stigson: http://ethisphere.com/bjorn-stigson/
[11] Pascale Dubois : http://ethisphere.com/pascale-dubois/
[12] Stuart Rose : http://ethisphere.com/stuart-rose/
[13] Brian D. Miller : http://ethisphere.com/brian-d-miller/
[14] Thomas Bergmark: http://ethisphere.com/thomas-bergmark/
[15] Mark F. Mendelsohn : http://ethisphere.com/mark-f-mendelsohn/
[16] Serge P. Appel : http://ethisphere.com/serge-p-appel/
[17] Greg Farrell: http://ethisphere.com/greg-farrell/
[18] Michael Dell : http://ethisphere.com/michael-dell/
[19] William Westwood Lockyer : http://ethisphere.com/william-westwood-lockyer/
[20] Eric Pillmore : http://ethisphere.com/eric-pillmores/
[21] Dan McDougall: http://ethisphere.com/dan-mcdougall/
[22] Charley Situ : http://ethisphere.com/charley-situ/
[23] Thomas Donaldson : http://ethisphere.com/thomas-donaldson/
[24] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono : http://ethisphere.com/susilo-bambang-yudhoyono/
[25] Humberto Garcia : http://ethisphere.com/humberto-garcia/
[26] Jonathan S. Hoak : http://ethisphere.com/jonathan-s-hoak/
[27] Alexandra Wrage: http://ethisphere.com/alexandra-a-wrage/
[28] Peter D. Kinder : http://ethisphere.com/peter-d-kinder/
[29] Mark Parker : http://ethisphere.com/mark-parker/
[30] Al Gore : http://ethisphere.com/al-gore/
[31] Daniel P. Amos: http://ethisphere.com/daniel-p-amos/
[32] Danielle Brian : http://ethisphere.com/danielle-brian/
[33] Milton Friedman : http://ethisphere.com/milton-friedman/
[34] Timothy Smith : http://ethisphere.com/timothy-smith/
[35] Bennett Freeman : http://ethisphere.com/bennett-freeman/
[36] Wolfgang Schaupensteiner : http://ethisphere.com/wolfgang-schaupensteiner/
[37] Kirk Hanson: http://ethisphere.com/kirk-o-hanson/
[38] David P. Steiner : http://ethisphere.com/david-p-steiner/
[39] Peter Webster : http://ethisphere.com/peter-webster/
[40] R. Edward Freeman: http://ethisphere.com/r-edward-freeman/
[41] Sir Terry Leahy : http://ethisphere.com/terry-leahy/
[42] Maryanne Lavan : http://ethisphere.com/maryanne-lavan/
[43] Steve Driver : http://ethisphere.com/steve-driver/
[44] Sarah Forrest, Anthony Ling, Marc Fox, and Stephan Feilhauer: http://ethisphere.com/sarah-forrest-anthony-ling-marc-fox-and-stephan-feilhauer/
[45] Willard “Bill” Nielsen: http://ethisphere.com/willard-d-bill-nielsen/
[46] Alan Knott-Craig: http://ethisphere.com/alan-knott-craig/
[47] Arnold Schwarzenegger: http://ethisphere.com/arnold-schwarzenegger/
[48] Tensie Whelan: http://ethisphere.com/tensie-whelan/
[49] Gerald Grinstein : http://ethisphere.com/gerald-grinstein/
[50] Ira M. Millstein: http://ethisphere.com/ira-m-millstein/
[51] John Reid, MP : http://ethisphere.com/john-reid/
[52] Michael Schade : http://ethisphere.com/michael-schade/
[53] Tan Sri Hassan Marican : http://ethisphere.com/tan-sri-hassan/
[54] Matthew J. Kiernan : http://ethisphere.com/matthew-j-kiernan/
[55] Indra K. Nooyi: http://ethisphere.com/indra-k-nooyi/
[56] Philippa Foster-Back: http://ethisphere.com/philippa-foster-back/
[57] Paul Rice: http://ethisphere.com/paul-rice/
[58] Jay G. Martin: http://ethisphere.com/jay-g-martin/
[59] Douglas M. Baker, Jr. : http://ethisphere.com/douglas-m-baker/
[60] A mysterious employee: http://ethisphere.com/a-mysterious-employee/
[61] Todd Paglia: http://ethisphere.com/todd-paglia/
[62] Alan Vinegrad: http://ethisphere.com/alan-vinegrad/
[63] Jonathan M. Malis: http://ethisphere.com/jonathan-m-malis/
[64] Mark Lee : http://ethisphere.com/mark-lee/
[65] Patrick Gnazzo: http://ethisphere.com/patrick-j-gnazzo/
[66] Therese Martinet : http://ethisphere.com/therese-martinete/
[67] Marilyn Carlson Nelson : http://ethisphere.com/marilyn-carlson-nelson/
[68] Jeff Swartz : http://ethisphere.com/jeffrey-swartz/
[69] Hayward Bell : http://ethisphere.com/hayward-bell/
[70] Richard Edelman: http://ethisphere.com/richard-edelman/
[71] Howard Gardner : http://ethisphere.com/howard-gardner/
[72] Andrew Weissmann : http://ethisphere.com/andrew-weissmann/
[73] Ethel Cormier: http://ethisphere.com/ethel-cormier/
[74] Angel Gurría: http://ethisphere.com/angel-gurria/
[75] James O’Toole: http://ethisphere.com/james-o-toole/
[76] Mark Tercek : http://ethisphere.com/mark-tercek/
[77] Dr. Patricia Harned : http://ethisphere.com/patricia-harned/
[78] Carol Cone: http://ethisphere.com/carol-cone/
[79] Richard Branson : http://ethisphere.com/richard-branson/
[80] Allan Smith: http://ethisphere.com/allan-smith/
[81] Jay Bolus : http://ethisphere.com/jay-bolus/
[82] Jon Williams: http://ethisphere.com/jon-williams/
[83] Fred Krupp : http://ethisphere.com/fred-krupp/
[84] Bob Langert : http://ethisphere.com/bob-langert/
[85] Leslie Gaines-Ross: http://ethisphere.com/lesley-gaines-ross/
[86] Wang Shouye’s mistress: http://ethisphere.com/wang-shouyes/
[87] Marc Gunther: http://ethisphere.com/marc-gunther/
[88] Martin J. Weinstein: http://ethisphere.com/martin-j-weinstein/
[89] David P. Stangis: http://ethisphere.com/david-p-stangis/
[90] Alan Yuspeh: http://ethisphere.com/alan-yuspeh/
[91] David Logan: http://ethisphere.com/david-logan/
[92] Mark Pieth : http://ethisphere.com/mark-pieth/
[93] Roy Snell : http://ethisphere.com/roy-snellceo-society-for-corporate-compliance-and-ethics-scce/
[94] Ronald F. Duska : http://ethisphere.com/ronald-f-dusk/
[95] Jon Lukomnik: http://ethisphere.com/jon-lukomnik/
[96] Gavin Newsom : http://ethisphere.com/gavin-newsom/
[97] Mindy S. Lubber : http://ethisphere.com/mindy-s-lubber/
[98] Jonathan Lash: http://ethisphere.com/jonathan-lash/
[99] Joseph Keefe: http://ethisphere.com/joseph-keefe/
[100] Mark Buckley: http://ethisphere.com/mark-buckley/
[101] Georg Kell: http://ethisphere.com/georg-kell/
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