Originally Posted by
bhatnasx
Your link is to a story written by Reuters posted to the Ethisphere website, here is the actual link to the Ethisphere's 2010 List
http://ethisphere.com/wme2010/
To quote the site:
There is no set number of companies that make the list each year. Rather, the World’s Most Ethical Company designation is awarded to those companies that have leading ethics and compliance programs, particularly as compared to their industry peers. This year, there are 100 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Of these companies, 26 are new to the list in 2010 and 24 companies dropped off from the 2009 list. These “drop offs” generally occurred because of litigation and ethics violations, as well as increased competition from within their industry.