Realogy Holdings Corp. has been named one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies® for the seventh straight year by the Ethisphere Institute, the company recently announced. Realogy is one of 135 companies recognized.
“We are excited to be recognized again as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies,” says Ryan Schneider, CEO and president of Realogy. “This recognition honors our company’s long-standing commitment to ethics. Even more importantly, it acknowledges our team’s daily efforts to lead with integrity and excellence, focused on innovation, best-in-class agent services and treating our partners, stakeholders, and each other with transparency and respect.”
“What makes Realogy really special is our employees’ passion for living our core values, especially integrity,” says Liz Gehringer, chief ethics and compliance officer at Realogy. “Our people commit themselves to excellence in their day-to-day work and extend themselves as leaders in the communities they serve and the real estate industry as a whole. They are problem-solvers, innovators, volunteers and good neighbors, and we are proud to accept this recognition on their behalf.”
Ethisphere’s 12th annual class of honorees, which spanned 23 countries and 57 industries, had record levels of involvement with their stakeholders and their communities around the world. Measuring and improving culture, leading authentically and committing to transparency, diversity and inclusion were all priorities for honorees.
“Global corporations operating with a common rule of law are now society’s strongest force to improve the human condition,” says Timothy Erblich, CEO of Ethisphere Institute. “This year we saw companies increasingly finding their voice. The World’s Most Ethical Companies in particular continued to show exemplary leadership. I congratulate everyone at Realogy for being recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.”
Ethics & Performance
Once again, the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies have proven that operating with integrity leads to greater financial performance. Research has found that, when indexed, listed World’s Most Ethical Companies outperformed the U.S. Large Cap Index over five years by 10.72 percent and over three years by 4.88 percent. Ethisphere refers to this as the “Ethics Premium.”
Methodology & Scoring
The World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment is based upon the Ethisphere Institute’s Ethics Quotient® (EQ) framework, which offers a quantitative way to assess a company’s performance in an objective, consistent and standardized manner. 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 percent), corporate citizenship and responsibility (20 percent), culture of ethics (20 percent), governance (15 percent) and leadership, innovation and reputation (10 percent). All companies that participate in the assessment process receive their scores, providing them with valuable insights into how they stack up against leading organizations.
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