{"id":16262,"date":"2021-03-11T13:43:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T13:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/?p=16262"},"modified":"2021-03-31T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T13:51:22","slug":"rockwell-automation-named-one-of-the-2021-worlds-most-ethical-companies-for-the-13th-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/rockwell-automation-named-one-of-the-2021-worlds-most-ethical-companies-for-the-13th-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockwell Automation Named One of the 2021 World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies for the 13th Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rockwell Automation Named One of the 2021 World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies for the 13th Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world\u2019s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, was recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsmostethicalcompanies.com\/honorees\">the\u202f2021 World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition honors companies who understand the importance of leading, making hard but values-based decisions, and commitment to integrity. Rockwell Automation has been recognized 13 times and is one of only two honorees in the Diversified Machinery industry.\u202fIn 2021, 135 honorees were recognized spanning 22 countries and 47 industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honored to once again receive this recognition from Ethisphere,\u201d said Blake Moret, Chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation. \u201cOur commitment to integrity is a foundational element of our culture, ingrained in everything we do. And that culture is shaped by great employees who can and want to do their best work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile addressing the tough challenges of 2020, we saw companies lead \u2013 above all other institutions \u2013 on earning the trust of stakeholders through resilience and a commitment to ethics and integrity,\u201d said\u202fEthisphere CEO, Timothy Erblich. \u201cThe World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies honorees continue to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to the highest values and positively impacting the communities they serve. Congratulations to everyone at Rockwell Automation for earning the World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies designation.\u201d Grounded in Ethisphere\u2019s proprietary Ethics Quotient\u00ae, the World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity and initiatives to support a strong value chain. The process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify the leading practices of organizations across industries and around the globe.\u00a0 This year, the process was streamlined and the question set expanded to gauge how applicants are adapting and responding to the global health pandemic, environmental, social, and governance factors, safety, equity, and inclusion and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of the 2021 World&#8217;s Most Ethical Companies can be found at\u202fhttps:\/\/worldsmostethicalcompanies.com\/honorees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Ethisphere Institute <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ethisphere\u00ae Institute is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace trust and business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate character and measure and improve culture. Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies recognition program and provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA). More information about Ethisphere can be found at:\u202fhttps:\/\/ethisphere.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Rockwell Automation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 23,500 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockwellautomation.com\/\">www.rockwellautomation.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world\u2019s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, was recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the\u202f2021 World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","category-rockwell-automation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}