Apple, Microsoft top list of most ethical tech companies (2024)

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Which company is more ethical Apple or Microsoft? ›

Microsoft makes World's Most Ethical Companies list, Apple, Google, Facebook don't.

Ethisphere has released its annual edition of the most ethical companies from a variety of industries. The 2022 edition of most ethical companies list saw some heavy hitters in the tech industry named as honorees as selected by the Ethisphere Institute.

They base their success on “creating innovative, high-quality products and services and on demonstrating integrity in every business interaction.” According to Apple, four main principles contribute to integrity: honesty, respect, confidentiality, and compliance.

Voya Financial recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere® — for ninth consecutive year.

Apple conducts business ethically, honestly, and in full compliance with the law. We believe that how we conduct ourselves is as critical to Apple's success as making the best products in the world.

We use technology and data to identify emergent compliance risks before they lead to failures, to measure and monitor our remediation and control efforts, and to better understand our overall risk profile. Our data efforts supplement rather than replace human judgment.

Microsoft's Code outlines six values to guide employee conduct: integrity and honesty; passion for customers, partners and technology; being “open and respectful with others and dedicated to making them better”; a “willingness to take on big challenges and see them through”; being “self-critical, questioning, and ...

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) has been honored for the eighth time by Ethisphere in 2022 for being one of the most ethical companies in the US and in the world. It has a significantly low ESG-risk score of 14.2, indicating its commitment to social, environmental and corporate-governance causes.

Labor and Human Rights

Apple believes all workers in our supply chain deserve a fair and ethical workplace. Workers must be treated with the utmost dignity and respect, and Apple Suppliers shall uphold the highest standards of human rights.

What has Apple done to be ethical? ›

Are Apple Products ethical? Apple requires all its supplies to treat workers fairly and use environmental-friendly methods in production. However, this is far from preventing all unethical practices such as child labour, e-waste, or unsafe working environments that still exist in certain parts of the world.

Respect—Treat customers, partners, suppliers, employees, and others with respect and courtesy. Confidentiality—Protect Apple's confidential information and the information of our customers, partners, suppliers, and employees. Compliance—Ensure that business decisions comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Apple may seem like it's recycling more, but the actual amounts of rare earth, tungsten, tin, and gold are minute compared to the plastic and other materials being used in their iPhones. Meanwhile, Samsung is ahead on using 100% recycled packaging materials, and eliminating all plastic within its smartphone boxes.

In general, Macs are known for their user-friendliness and approachability. They are considered to be more intuitive than Windows. While the way your iPad/iPhone and MacBook work may differ slightly, they are very similar, so it would be easy to adjust to the computer.

We have high ethical standards governing the way we conduct our business, standards that we also apply to our suppliers and business partners.

This year, the Ethisphere Institute named Microsoft to its list of its 110 most ethical companies in the world, but Google didn't make the list. Neither did Apple or Facebook. More than 3,000 companies applied to be on the list.