OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), a 100 Year Strong leading manufacturer
of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, announced today that it has
been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in
defining and advancing the standards of ethical businesses, as a 2017
World’s Most Ethical Company®.
This is the second consecutive year that Oshkosh Corporation has been
listed as a World’s Most Ethical Company and this milestone is further
highlighted as Oshkosh Corporation celebrates its 100 Year Anniversary
in 2017. Oshkosh is one of only 124 companies, representing 52 industry
sectors in 19 countries on five continents named to this prestigious
list. Oshkosh Corporation was the only company selected in the “Trucks
and Other Vehicles” category, underscoring their commitment to leading
ethical business standards and practices.
“We are honored to once again be named as one of the World’s Most
Ethical Companies. This achievement is a direct result of our strong
ethical culture in the Oshkosh Corporation family, and the commitment of
our team members to always do the right thing,” said Wilson R. Jones,
Oshkosh Corporation president and chief executive officer. “We are
especially excited to celebrate this achievement in the midst of our 100
Year Anniversary.”
2017 is the eleventh year that Ethisphere has honored those companies
who recognize their role in society to influence and drive positive
change, consider the impact of their actions on their employees,
investors, customers and other key stakeholders and use their values and
culture as an underpinning to the decisions they make every day.
“Reaching 100 years strong isn’t easy to do; and trust isn’t something
you build overnight. For 100 years, Oshkosh has been committed to
growing an ethical culture that is embodied by its leadership, team
members and business partners. Congratulations to the Oshkosh
Corporation team on this achievement,” said Ethisphere’s Chief Executive
Officer, Timothy Erblich.
The World's Most Ethical Company assessment is based upon the Ethisphere
Institute’s Ethics
Quotient® (EQ) framework which offers a quantitative way
to assess a company’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.
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, innovation and
reputation (10%) and provided to all companies who participate in the
process.
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.
More information about Ethisphere can be found at: http://ethisphere.com.
About Oshkosh Corporation
Founded in 1917, Oshkosh Corporation is 100 years strong and continues
to make a difference in people’s lives. Oshkosh brings together a unique
set of integrated capabilities and diverse end markets that, when
combined with the Company’s MOVE strategy and positive long-term
outlook, illustrate why Oshkosh is a different integrated global
industrial. The Company is a leader in designing, manufacturing and
servicing a broad range of access equipment, commercial, fire &
emergency, military and specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies under the
brands of Oshkosh®, JLG®, Pierce®, McNeilus®, Jerr-Dan®, Frontline™,
CON-E-CO®, London® and IMT®.
Today, Oshkosh Corporation is a Fortune 500 Company with manufacturing
operations on four continents. Its products are recognized around the
world for quality, durability and innovation, and can be found in more
than 150 countries around the globe. As a different integrated global
industrial, Oshkosh is committed to making a difference for team
members, customers, shareholders, communities and the environment. For
more information, please visit www.oshkoshcorporation.com.
®, ™ All brand names referred to in this news release are
trademarks of Oshkosh Corporation or its subsidiary companies.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than
statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements
regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy,
targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures, debt
levels and cash flows, and plans and objectives of management for future
operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press
release, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “should,” “project” or “plan” or the negative
thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology are generally
intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are
beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements.
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