15 major companies that treat employees well, value customers, and invest in their communities

Workers: Conducted a pay equity analysis in 2017 and found parity in the female-to-male ratio for management, 97.5% for executives, and 97.7% for non-management.

Community: Recognizes the standards set by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the International Labor Organization.

Company Leadership: Executive compensation is tied to "just" issues like global product quality.

Jobs: Employs 239,000 Americans, including those from its Time Warner acquisition.

Communities: Sponsors volunteer days for employees.

Environment: Aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 2008 by 2020, but exceeded goal by hitting 22.6% in 2017.

Environment: Has stopped moving 99% of its electronic waste to landfills.

Workers: Offers up to 80 hours of backup day care to employees annually.

Community: Has exceptional transparency around its philanthropy.

Workers: Offers many employee benefits, including on-site fitness centers, flexible working arrangements, and adoption assistance.

Products: Through relationships with health providers, it reaches nearly 2 million patients.

Customers: Has excellent transparency around privacy practices.

Workers: Provides up to $10,000 in tuition reimbursement and also invests in other forms of employee training.

Communities: Spent $355 million on philanthropic causes, including job training programs around the world, in 2017.

Company Leadership: Has a public business ethics policy and code of conduct, and actively monitors and audits compliance with them.

Workers: Achieved pay parity in the US and is working on improving 80% parity across global offices.

Environment: Is committed to using 100% renewable energy by 2035.

Community: Matches employees' charitable donations up to $10,000 annually and grants $250 to a cause of an employee's choice for every 10 hours volunteered.

Workers: Management is rated highly by employees and has healthy relationships with employee unions.

Customers: Has not been involved in any major customer data breach or product controversies over the three years analyzed.

Environment: Is committed to making all of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2030.

Workers: Its latest pay study found there is 99% pay equity between female and male employees, and no discrepancies between white employees and employees of color.

Environment: Reduced carbon emissions intensity by 23% last year, surpassing its goal of 10%.

Customers: Discloses customer privacy practices more extensively than its industry peers.

Workers: Offers 22 weeks of paid maternity leave and 12 weeks for fathers, adoptive parents, and foster parents, as well as providing all with an additional eight weeks of flexible scheduling.

Customers: Monitors customer service quality and has biweekly reports on effectiveness.

Communities: Is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance and the Responsible Minerals Initiative.

Communities: Has excellent transparency around its supply chain.

Environment: Had 22.9% of its electricity consumed come from renewable resources, exceeding its goal of 20% by 2020.

Workers: All parents receive 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and mothers can opt for up to eight more weeks.

Workers: Conducted a pay equity analysis, with public results, and found it has full gender parity.

Communities: Sources most of its products and services locally.

Environment: Pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from 2015 to 2020, and by the end of 2017, had already reduced them by 41%.

Workers: Provides flexible work schedules and on-site day care services to all employees.

Communities: Launched a five-year commitment to $1 billion in grants for job training, entrepreneurial support, and collecting data on racial injustice.

Jobs: As of late 2017, it was the largest tech employer in the US, with 55,546 American employees.

Communities: Received highest score for human rights practices in its supply chain, and worked with a third-party analyst to assess its practices.

Workers: Provided 2 million hours of skills training to 180,000 employees in 2017.

Environment: Is committed to restoring 100% of its annual water use (pure water is needed for semiconductor manufacture) by 2025.

Workers: Provides childcare assistance, like subsidies for childcare centers near its offices.

Environment: Made the largest ever corporate solar energy agreement in 2018, resulting in having more than have of its energy use come from renewable sources.

Communities: Publishes an annual human rights report for its global supply chain, and finds solutions to any areas it can improve upon.