Who Are The Most Ideal; Most Ethical Employers in America?
Last updated: August 12, 2012 by Susan
Say in today’s fiercely competitive job market, you’re given free rein to choose who you’d work for, which employer would you pick?
A study by employer-branding company Universum Global has released a list of ideal employers that undergraduates want to work for.
The top ten contenders are:
- Apple
- Walt Disney Company
- Ernst & Young
- Deloitte
- J.P. Morgan
- Nike
- PWC
- Goldman Sachs
- KPMG LLP
Runners-up in the opinions of 59,643 respondents include Coca-Cola, Facebook, the FBI, Microsoft and Morgan Stanley. The study was fielded from November 2011 to March 2012, targeted 318 universities all-in-all and is designed to track and set standards for employer attractiveness.
Universum Global has also released a list of ideal employers that MBA graduates want to get into. The top ten include:
- McKinsey & Company
- Apple
- Bain & Company
- The Boston Consulting Group
- Amazon
- Goldman Sachs
- Nike
- J.P. Morgan
Runners-up for the 5,748 respondent study include Deloitte, Walt Disney Company, IDEO, The Blackstone Group and Johnson and Johnson. The objectives were virtually identical to the undergraduate study, except the surveyed respondents this time round were MBA graduates.
On the other hand, ethics think-tank Ethisphere has also released a list of employers that it ranked as “ethical” in terms of the way they operate. There is no particular ranking in Ethisphere’s list, although a significant number of US companies have made it through. Some of these include:
- Ford Motor Co.
- Old National Bank
- Intel Corporation
- Microsoft
- Symantec Corporation
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- eBay Inc.
- General Electric Co.
- PepsiCo
- Mariott International, Inc.
Ethisphere’s criteria of “ethics” are based on practices, reputation, leadership, innovation, governance and even the overall culture of the company. These criteria isn’t just about feel-good vibes, though, as Ethisphere’s studies show that these companies make significantly higher returns of these companies compared to the meager returns of S&P 500 companies.