http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoftupblog/archive/2012/03/15/who-are-the-world-s-most-ethical-companies.aspxThe Ethisphere Institute, an international think-tank focused on the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability has published their 6 th annual list of theen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoftupblog/archive/2012/03/15/who-are-the-world-s-most-ethical-companies.aspx#3487848Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:42:01 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3487848Frank Mon<p>I call Bullshit. &nbsp; Maybe Microsoft is *now* one of the most ethical companies, &nbsp;but if anyone asked this question in the 90&#39;s, I doubt that any software professional in a competing organization that dealt with MS&#39;s &#39;Embrace and Extend&#39; tactics, patent thefts (ie: disk-compression algorythms) &nbsp;- payoffs to Apple and other companies as settlements of patent infringment, use of their OS to provide unfair advantage (early use in their office suite of dde and ole PRIOR to making the hooks visible, handicapping Lotus, WordPerfect and other vendors) &nbsp; Not to mention what they did to Netscape....</p> <p>In todays world tho, that is ancient history...</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3487848" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoftupblog/archive/2012/03/15/who-are-the-world-s-most-ethical-companies.aspx#3487626Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:24:27 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3487626Sameer Gupta<p>Congratulations to Microsoft! Well deserved!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3487626" width="1" height="1">