By Kane, Conner, Tapi and Jack

Ethics are the moral principles that govern a person's or group's behaviour. These ethics can guide your group throughout their careers being good or bad. E.g. a bad ethic is the managerial departments being careless of lower level staff. Ethics are not laws and cannot be stopped or enforced by governments

Making an ethical investment gives a feel good factor. Forgoing High Returns from Investments that Don't Meet Your Criteria

The downside of this emotional component is that if a company violates one of the principles you thought it stood for, can bring massive feelings of disappointment.

Most Unethical Company

 The World’s Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business “ethically” and translate those words into action. WME honorees demonstrate real and sustained ethical leadership within their industries, putting into real business practice the Institute’s credo of “Good. Smart. Business. Profit.” Aerospace And Defense Rockwell Collins USA The Aerospace Corporation USA Agriculture Ethical Fruit Company Ltd UK Apparel Comme Il Faut Israel Gap Inc USA Patagonia USA Timberland USA Automotive Cummins Inc. USA Ford Motor Company USA Johnson Controls, Inc. USA Banking National Australia Bank Australia Old National Bank USA Rabobank Netherlands Standard Chartered Bank UK Westpac Group Australia Business Services Accenture Ireland Dun & Bradstreet USA Noblis USA To ensure our commitment to ethics is effectively communicated throughout our company, our employees, officers, and directors are provided with a copy of our Code of Ethics, referred to as our Standards of Business Conduct. This code was recently updated and distributed to our employees. More information about these updates is available in a letter from Gary Chadick, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary.