100 Best Corporate Citizens in 2010

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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Hewlett-Packard Co. has moved up from its number five ranking in 2009 to top the 2010 CRO magazine’s annual list of America’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens. Intel Corp. and General Mills Inc. followed up in second and third place, respectively.

Corporate Responsibility magazine’s ranking is based on over 360 points of data in seven responsibility [...]

The World’s Leading Ethical Companies

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

IBM (Technology), Intel Corp (Technology) and HSBC Holdings (Banks) top this year’s edition of the Covalence Ethical Ranking which covers 581 multinationals representing 18 different sectors.
The ranking measures qualitative data on 45 criteria including labor standards, waste management, social utility and human rights policy. And because it is a reputation index, the Covalence survey also [...]

Best Places to Work

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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SAS has topped Fortune magazine’s 2010 list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” NetApp, last year’s winner slipped to seventh while Edward Jones and Wegmans Food Markets took second and third place, respectively.
The ranking was compiled based on employee surveys accounting for two-thirds of a company’s score, and a detailed employer response, [...]

25 Top Companies for Leaders

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

IBM tops the 2009 list of Global Top Companies for Leaders, conducted by Hewitt Associates in partnership with The RBL Group and Fortune. IBM was followed by Procter & Gamble and General Mills in second and third position, respectively.
The Global Top Companies for Leaders is the most comprehensive study of organizational leadership in the world. [...]

The World’s Top 50 Most Attractive Employers

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Internet search giant Google has emerged as the most sought after company among business as well as engineering graduates, according to the world’s Top 50 most attractive employers, compiled by Universum. Google is followed closely by Pricewaterhouse, in second place, and rival Microsoft, in third place.
This is the first global index of employer attractiveness and [...]

100 Best Companies for Working Mothers

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Working Mother magazine  released its annual list of the top 100 places to work. The list recognizes companies that have family-friendly benefits and policies that help working mothers strike a balance between their work and personal lives. The magazine used five main selection criteria: flexibility, leave time for new parents, child care, elder care and [...]

World’s Best Companies 2009

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Nintendo has claimed top stop in this year’s edition of the World’s Best Companies/Global Top 40 list, compiled for BusinessWeek by A.T. Kearney. Nintendo’s strategy is emblematic of the other hi-tech companies on the list such as American technology giants Google (No. 2) and Apple (No. 3).
Meanwhile, at Spanish textile and retail giant Inditex (No. [...]

Top 500 Companies In Central Europe 2009

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The Polish oil company PKN Orlen tops this year’s list of the 500 biggest companies in Central Europe, compiled by the consulting and auditing firm Deloitte. It is trailed by the Hungarian oil company MOL, in second place, and Ukraine’s Metinvest in third. In fact, the first ten spots on the top 500 list are [...]

Top Companies for Women 2009

Friday, August 28th, 2009

American Express, Metlife and Turner Broadcasting System are among PINK magazine’s 15 Top Companies for Women 2009. PINK’s exclusive annual ranking recognizes organizations that make women’s advancement a part of everyday business, especially in demonstrating a commitment to placing women in top leadership positions and among top earners.
Even more reason for optimism is the progress [...]

Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America 2009

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Ultimate Software has topped the list of the Best Small Medium-Sized Companies to Work for in America, compiled by The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Great Place to Work Institute, Inc.
The list, now in its sixth year, ranks the top 25 small and top 25 medium-sized companies using “best practice” people management [...]