Indian BPO and consultancy provider Wipro has been declared the 2015 World’s Most Ethical Company by The Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practice.

The title is awarded through the Institute’s Ethics Quotient, which assesses ethical performance through evaluating an organisation’s ethics and compliance program, corporate citizenship and responsibility, culture of ethics, governance, innovation and reputation.

Commenting on the achievement, Anurag Behar, Wipro’s Chief Sustainability Officer, said “At Wipro ethics, integrity and responsible citizenship are a foundational first principle and at the core of how we think and act. We are happy to be recognized by Ethisphere for the fourth time in succession. We see this as a reaffirmation of what we stand for."

Ethisphere's Chief Executive Officer, Timothy Erblich offered his own compliments upon Wipro’s success, remarking "Earning this recognition involves the collective action of a global workforce from the top down. We congratulate everyone at Wipro for this extraordinary achievement."

Whilst the list was dominated by US-based companies, Indian firms also scored highly, with Tata Steel and Tata Power named amongst 132 honorees across 21 nations.

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