Socially Responsible Companies Do Good

What’s a socially responsible company? It is a company that serves. It serves its customers by selling something of value, its workers by providing good jobs, its owners by generating profits and all of us by making the world a better place. Any list of America’s most socially responsible companies is, inevitably, subjective. Even if we could agree on how business can best repair the world — by curing disease, alleviating poverty or curbing global warming — there’s no way to quantify goodness or compare companies in industries that have little in common. FORTUNE’s America’s Most Admired list identifies big U.S. companies that are admired by their peers for social responsibility. Here’s a look at some of them, and the practices that have earned them acclaim: UPS. Tops on our Most Admired list of top ten socially responsible firms for the third consecutive year, Big Brown does good for its workers, the environment and, not least, the global economy – by delivering 14.8 million packages a day to more than 200 countries. It’s no exaggeration to say that if UPS were to shut down, much of global commerce would grind to a halt. The $42.6-billion-a-year Atlanta-based company is a leader […]

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