Marriott International has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as a 2017 WorldÕs Most Ethical Company. Marriott has appeared on the list for 10 years and is one of only three in the lodging and hospitality industry underscoring the companyÕs commitment to leading ethical business standards and practices.
The full list of the 2017 WorldÕs Most Ethical Companies can be found at http://worldsmostethicalcompanies.ethisphere.com/honorees/.
This year is the eleventh year that Ethisphere has honored companies who recognize their role in society to influence and drive positive change, consider the impact of their actions on their employees, investors, customers and other key stakeholders and use their values and culture as an underpinning to the decisions they make every day.
MethodologyÊand scoring
The WorldÕs Most Ethical Company assessment is based upon the Ethisphere InstituteÕs Ethics Quotient (EQ) framework which offers a quantitative way to assess a companyÕs performance in an objective, consistent and standardized way. The information collected provides a comprehensive sampling of definitive criteria of core competencies, rather than all aspects of corporate governance, risk, sustainability, compliance and ethics.
Scores are generated in five key categories: ethics and compliance program (35 per cent), corporate citizenship and responsibility (20 per cent), culture of ethics (20 per cent), governance (15 per cent) and leadership, innovation and reputation (10 per cent) and provided to all companies who participate in the process.
