MOLINE, Ill., March 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Deere &
Company (NYSE: DE) is one of the World's Most Ethical Companies
according to the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining
and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.
The listing by the Ethisphere Institute is in its
11th year and Deere is among only 13 companies that has
been named each year to the honor. This year, 124 companies were
selected for the designation. The companies span five continents,
19 countries and 52 industry sectors.
"Integrity is an important core value at John Deere that we
emphasize throughout our business with all employees," said
Sam Allen, chairman and chief
executive officer. "We continue to seek the highest ethical
standards as we know this is one reason John Deere is celebrating
180 years of doing business."
The World's Most Ethical Company assessment is based upon the
Ethisphere Institute's Ethics Quotient framework which offers a
quantitative way to assess a company's performance in an objective,
consistent and standardized way. The methodology is weighted into
five key categories: ethics and compliance program, corporate
citizenship and responsibility, culture of ethics, governance and
leadership, innovation and reputation.
"Over the last eleven years we have seen the shift in societal
expectations, constant redefinition of laws and regulations and the
geo-political climate. We have also seen how companies honored as
the World's Most Ethical respond to these challenges. They
invest in their local communities around the world, embrace
strategies of diversity and inclusion, and focus on the long term
as a sustainable business advantage," said Timothy Erblich, Ethisphere's chief executive
officer.
Deere & Company (www.JohnDeere.com) is a world
leader in providing advanced products and services for customers
whose work is linked to the land - those who cultivate, harvest,
transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world's
dramatically increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and
infrastructure.
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