Ricoh is World’s Most Ethical Company, for the sixth year

running

Ricoh has been recognised as a 2015 ®World’s Most Ethical Company , a

recognition meant to honour those

organisations that have had a material

impact on the way business is conducted,

by fostering a culture of ethics and

transparency at every level of the company.

Ricoh has been awarded this recognition

for the sixth consecutive year, underscoring

our commitment to leading ethical business

standards and practices. In accordance

with the principles of The Ricoh Way, the

company believes that earning trust as a

global citizen depends on meeting the

expectations of diverse stakeholders such

as customers, employees, suppliers,

regulators and investors. In fact, we believe

there is a correlation between ethical business practice and improved

company performance. Ethics is a means to further define their industry

leadership and it involves the collective action of the entire workforce.

The World’s Most Ethical Company assessment is instituted by the

Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the

standards of ethical business practices. It is based upon the Ethisphere

Institute’s Ethics Quotient™ (EQ) framework developed over years of

research to provide a means to assess an organisation’s performance in

an objective, consistent and standardised way. Scores are generated in

five key categories: ethics and compliance program (35%), corporate

citizenship and responsibility (20%), culture of ethics (20%), governance

(15%) and leadership, innovation and reputation (10%).

ConnectIssue 4, April 2015