In wake of scandals, list highlights ethical firms

(Reuters) – After a wave of scandals including wrongful foreclosures on U.S. home mortgages, worker suicides at a major Apple Inc supplier in China and the $1.7 billion accounting fraud at Japan’s Olympus Corp, a New York think tank is calling out companies that take the high road. The Ethisphere Institute’s annual World’s Most Ethical companies list, released on Thursday, found that 145 companies in countries including United States, Great Britain, Japan, Portugal and India stood out as setting a high standard for their employees’ behavior. …