2026 World’s Most Ethical Companies® Application Process Webinar

How 20 Years of Insight and Changing Regulatory Landscape Are Shaping This Year's Evaluation

The 2026 World’s Most Ethical Companies application introduces strategic updates to the Ethics Quotient® (EQ) questionnaire, designed to make the process more clear, relevant, and actionable for ethics and compliance teams.

Driven by 20 years of benchmarking and informed by input from our applicant community, these updates prioritize simplicity, clarity, and better data, while addressing the evolving regulatory landscape and practical needs of ethics and compliance teams.

Whether you’re applying for the first time or returning to strengthen your program, this session will give you an in-depth understanding of what’s changed and why. We’ll walk through how the EQ is evolving and how your organization can prepare to submit a confident, complete application.

What You’ll Learn:

• The drivers for this year’s EQ updates
• What’s changed in the 2026 EQ across key categories
• How documentation plays a central role in scoring and how to prepare your materials
• What the updated weighting means for your results and how it reflects regulatory expectations
• How the application process provides real, strategic value by offering compliance leaders a clear snapshot of program effectiveness compared to top-performing organizations