Rockwell Automation recognised as one of World's Most Ethical Companies

Rockwell Automation has been named as one of the World’s Most Ethical (WME) Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the sixth time.

“Rockwell Automation is part of an exclusive community committed to driving performance through leading business practices,” said Ethisphere Chief Executive Officer Timothy Erblich.

“The entire community of World’s Most Ethical Companies believe that customers, employees, investors and regulators place a high premium on trust and that ethics and good governance are key in earning it.”

The Ethisphere Institute is an independent centre of research promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance. World’s Most Ethical Company honourees understand the correlation between ethics, reputation and business success.

“Rockwell Automation’s culture of integrity is reflected in the choices we make, and I am proud of our employees who consistently do the right things, the right way, every day,” said Keith D Nosbusch, Rockwell Automation chairman and CEO.

“Our commitment to integrity, reflected in how we engage our employees, partners and customers, is the cornerstone of delivering sustained business value.”

In Rockwell Automation’s most recent Global Voices Survey, employees ranked the company’s culture of ethics, responsibility and accountability among its strongest drivers of employee engagement. Further, according to a study conducted for the company by the Corporate Executive Board, Rockwell Automation leaders ranked the importance of ethics and compliance higher than nearly all of the more than 175 other companies surveyed.

The World’s Most Ethical Company assessment is based on the Ethisphere Institute’s Ethics Quotient framework. Scores are generated in five key categories: ethics and compliance program (25%), reputation, leadership and innovation (20%), governance (10%), corporate citizenship and responsibility (25%) and culture of ethics (20%). The full list of the 2014 World’s Most Ethical Companies can be found here.

Rockwell Automation also announced today that its 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report is now available online and in print. Besides detailing the company’s approach to ethical business practices, the report highlights updates on the company’s environmental performance, employee safety and culture, and community relations efforts.

More information about Rockwell Automation’s corporate responsibility practices and programs are available here.