COLUMBUS, Ga., March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the
leading provider of voluntary insurance at the work site in
the United States and one of
FORTUNE's 2014 Blue Ribbon companies, today announced that it has
been named to the Ethisphere Institute's 2015 list of World's Most
Ethical Companies. This marks the ninth consecutive year that Aflac
has appeared on this prestigious list, making them the only
insurance company to appear every year since the inception of the
award.
"We are very pleased to appear on Ethisphere's list for a ninth
consecutive year," Aflac Chairman and CEO Dan Amos said. "As a business that sells a
promise to our customers that we will be there for them in their
times of need, it is reassuring to our company and our
policyholders that the standard-bearers on corporate ethics believe
Aflac behaves with integrity and ethics."
"The World's Most Ethical Companies embrace the correlation
between ethical business practice and improved company performance.
These companies use ethics as a means to further define their
industry leadership and understand that creating an ethical culture
and earning the World's Most Ethical Companies recognition involves
more than just an outward-facing message or a handful of senior
executives saying the right thing," said Ethisphere's Chief
Executive Officer Timothy Erblich.
"Earning this recognition involves the collective action of a
global workforce from the top down. We congratulate everyone at
Aflac for this extraordinary achievement."
"Ethisphere challenges companies to prioritize ethics with a
rigorous survey that touches upon everything from corporate giving
to compliance and governance," Aflac Executive Vice President and
General Counsel Audrey Boone Tillman
said. "It provides a strong barometer with which to gauge our
company's approach to ethics, so we are very proud to have made
this list again in 2015."
The World's Most Ethical Company assessment is based upon the
Ethisphere Institute's Ethics Quotient™ (EQ) framework developed
over years of research to provide a means to assess an
organization's performance in an objective, consistent and
standardized way. The information collected provides a
comprehensive sampling of definitive criteria of core competencies,
rather than all aspects of corporate governance, risk,
sustainability, compliance and ethics. The EQ framework and
methodology is determined, vetted and refined by the expert advice
and insights gleaned from Ethisphere's network of thought leaders
and from the World's Most Ethical Company Methodology Advisory
Panel.
Scores are generated in five key categories: ethics and
compliance program (35%), corporate citizenship and responsibility
(20%), culture of ethics (20%), governance (15%) and leadership,
and innovation and reputation (10%).
The full list of the 2015 World's Most Ethical Companies can
be found at
http://ethisphere.com/worlds-most-ethical/wme-honorees/.
ABOUT AFLAC
When a policyholder gets sick or hurt,
Aflac pays cash benefits fast. For nearly six decades, Aflac
insurance policies have given policyholders the opportunity to
focus on recovery, not financial stress. In the United States, Aflac is the leading
provider of voluntary insurance at the work site. Through its
trailblazing One Day PaySM initiative, Aflac U.S. can
receive, process, approve and disburse payment for eligible claims
in one business day. In Japan,
Aflac is a leading provider of medical and cancer insurance and
insures 1 in 4 households. Aflac individual and group insurance
products help provide protection to more than 50 million people
worldwide. For nine consecutive years, Aflac has been recognized by
Ethisphere magazine as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies.
In 2015, Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as one of the 100 Best
Companies to Work For in America for the 17th
consecutive year. Also, in 2015, Fortune magazine included Aflac on
its list of Most Admired Companies for the 14th time, ranking the
company No. 1 in innovation for the insurance, life and health
category. Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune 500 company listed on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. To find out more
about Aflac and One Day PaySM, visit aflac.com or
espanol.aflac.com.
ABOUT THE ETHISPHERE INSTITUTE
The Ethisphere®
Institute is the global leader in defining and advancing the
standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate
character, marketplace trust and business success. Ethisphere has
deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards
using data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate
character. Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its
World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition program,
provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics
Leadership Alliance (BELA) and showcases trends and best practices
in ethics with the publication of Ethisphere Magazine and The
World's Most Ethical Companies Executive Briefing. Ethisphere is
also the leading provider of independent verification of corporate
ethics and compliance programs. More information about Ethisphere
can be found at http://ethisphere.com.
Media contact – Jon Sullivan,
706.763.4813 or
jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact – Robin Y.
Wilkey, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667, FAX: 706.324.6330, or
rwilkey@aflac.com
Ethisphere Media Contact - Clea
Nabozny, 480.397.2658 or Clea.Nabozny@ethisphere.com
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