Ethisphere and its “World’s Most Ethical” rankings were recently featured in the world’s leading business publication, the Wall Street Journal. Columnist Phred Dvorak called attention to Ethisphere and its partial founder, Corpedia, as providing viable measures of a company’s governance standards and practices.

The article went on to highlight the importance of corporate governance to a company’s success, reinforcing Ethisphere’s long-held idea that more ethically strong companies outperform the less ethical (the article even highlighted our reasoning by pointing out that the 65 companies on our “World’s Most Ethical” list outperformed the S&P over the past five years).

And while the article cites a few different (and sometimes conflicting) measures along with Ethisphere for rating a company’s corporate citizenship, it sends a clear message for those who might still wonder if stock market behavior is any reflection of a company’s ethical reputation. Dvorak’s answer to this? A resounding YES.

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