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Ethical business practice requires a business to act with fairness and justice to all its stakeholders and with social and environmental responsibility to the wider society. The stakeholders are those who make or are affected by the decisions of the business-its customers,suppliers,employees,shareholders etc.

In a recent ranking compiled by Swiss Ethical analyst firm Covalence, IBM came out on top followed by Intel.

Others in the top 20 include Nike,Microsoft,Starbucks and Vodaphone.

Guinness manufacturer Diageo came 39th.

Oil and gas companies tend to prop up the list. Ryanair came in the bottom 10,with a ranking of 575, with CRH at 557.

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