Countries
2008 rank 2007 rank Company Global 500 rank Accountability score
2 13 General Electric 12 70.2
11 24 Hewlett-Packard 41 61.1
16 9 Chevron 6 57.6
17 32 Citigroup 17 57.0
23 27 Ford Motor 13 55.3
25 52 IBM 46 54.5
31 51 ConocoPhillips 10 52.5
37 22 General Motors 9 50.8
49 48 Exxon Mobil 2 47.4
58 31 Procter & Gamble 79 45.6
64 87 Wal-Mart Stores 1 44.1
69 73 Verizon Communications 53 41.4
70 68 Bank of America 28 39.5
74 67 J.P. Morgan Chase 32 36.2
75 97 Cardinal Health 60 35.6
77 88 McKesson 44 34.8
78 92 UnitedHealth Group 81 33.9
82 89 Boeing 93 30.5
83 84 American International Group 35 30.4
86 76 Goldman Sachs Group 61 29.3
88 81 Home Depot 65 28.8
89 N.A. CVS Caremark 80 28.6
90 90 Kroger 87 28.0
91 75 Merrill Lynch 100 27.4
92 93 AT&T 29 26.7
93 79 Morgan Stanley 62 25.8
94 94 AmerisourceBergen 96 24.7
95 85 U.S. Postal Service 83 22.7
97 100 Costco Wholesale 99 19.9
98 95 Valero Energy 49 19.7
100 99 Berkshire Hathaway 30 11.2
From the Nov. 24, 2008 issue
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