Ethisphere reviewed nominations from companies in more than 100 countries and 36 industries.

FORBES: The World's Most Ethical Companies

Through in-depth research and a multi-step analysis, Ethisphere reviewed nominations from companies in more than 100 countries and 36 industries.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Once the pool is culled to a few hundred companies, Ethisphere cross-checks it against governance lists from organizations including GMI Ratings and FTSE4Good.

FORBES: The World's Most Ethical Companies

Once the pool is culled down to a few hundred, Ethisphere cross-checks it against governance lists from organizations including GovernanceMetricsInternational and FTSE for Good.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"Based on the information in that survey, Ethisphere verifies responses before a final score is provided, " says Alex Brigham, executive director of the Ethisphere Institute.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Once the pool is culled to a few hundred companies, Ethisphere cross-checks it against governance lists from organizations including GovernanceMetrics International and FTSE for Good.

FORBES: The World's Most Ethical Companies

To find some ethical companies, Benzinga looked to the Ethisphere Institute, a society which publishes a list of 110 most ethical companies in the world for the year 2011.

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Ethisphere's proprietary rating system, which it calls the Ethics Quotient, is based on a series of multiple-choice questions in a survey that is designed to capture a company's performance in an objective and standardized way.

FORBES: Magazine Article