Most Business Ethics 100 Companies Have Broad-Based Ownership Plans

The Business Ethics 100 list--a list of the top 100 corporate citizens in 2006--is dominated by companies with some kind of broad-based ownership plan. The number one company is Green Mountain Coffee, which has an ESOP and a variety of other ownership opportunities. At least 18 of the companies have broad-based option plans, at least 44 have employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs) (most of the options companies also have ESPPs), and at least 13 have ESOPs (a few of these also have ESPPs). We were unable to find employee ownership information for 30 of the companies on the list, but some of these may also offer plans.