Most Accountable Companies

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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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