“It’s notoriously difficult to evaluate ethics at the corporate level; Ethisphere has identified the most important criteria for doing so.” - Thomas Donaldson Professor The Wharton School
The World’s Most Ethical Companies Methodology Committee (the “Committee”) is comprised of leading attorneys and government officials, professors and organization leaders who care about ethical and honest business practices.
Esteemed members of the Committee include:
- Committee Chair: Alex Brigham , Executive Director, The Ethisphere Institute
- George W. Ash , Partner,Foley & Lardner, LLP
- Patrick Barwise, Professor, London Business School
- Steve Churchwell, Partner, DLA Piper US LLP
- Chris Deri , Head CSR/Sustainability practice, Edelman
- John Dienhart PhD, Director, Northwest Ethics Network, Seattle University
- Thomas Donaldson ,Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Sean Gilbert, Technical Director, The Global Reporting Initiative
- Jenny Kim, Senior Associate, Miller & Chevalier Chartered
- Beverly Kracher, Professor, Creighton University
- Marc Le Menestrel, Professor of Management and Ethics, UPF and INSEAD
- David Logan, Co-founder and Executive Director, The Corporate Citizenship Company
- Chris MacDonald, PhD, President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics
- Traci Melvin, Deputy Dir. Ethics Bethesda, MD
- Brian Moriarty,Associate Director for Communications, Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
- Dr. James O’Toole , Professor, Daniels College of Business University of Denver
- Karen Paul , Professor, Florida International University
- Rama Velamuri , Associate Professor, China Europe International Business School
- Martin Weinstein, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Andrew Weissmann, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
- Alexandra Wrage, President, TRACE International
Note: The methodology committee is only involved in reviewing and commenting on WME’s Methodology and is not involved in selecting companies.