Talk:Ethisphere#requestedit

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I created this as as I wondered what sort of thing it was; there are many pages that refer to Ethisphere without being linked. It would be great if people found time to link them. PJTraill (talk) 13:39, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if anyone can provide more information: news, criticisms, answers, organisation, connections etc. PJTraill (talk) 13:39, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I am Bill Coffin, Editor in Chief of Ethisphere. I produce Ethisphere Magazine, and our podcast, Ethicast, as an employee of the company. So before I go any further, I wanted to be crystal clear with that disclosure. My interest here is to improve this page's depth of information, provide relevant links and citations, and correct any erroneous or out of date details. I want to do this, first and foremost, within the parameters of the Wikipedia community's guidelines and expectations, so my intent is to use text with a neutral, non-promotional tone. Long before I worked for Ethisphere, I was a heavy Wikipedia user. I respect the process here.

I have drafted an expanded Infobox, Opening, History, Services, See Also, Further Reading, and External Links sections for this article. It is my intent to offer recommendations for this pages editors to then implement, rather than to change the page directly (because of my aforementioned COI).

I also have some text revisions to recommend around the Criticism section, with the understanding that this is a very sensitive topic, and the point here isn't to make this article a piece of marketing. That said, there are factual errors in the Criticism section that are worth discussing and addressing.

If I could get somebody's acknowledgement on this, I'll proceed. Thanks for your help and any guidance you can offer. Bill Coffin (talk) 17:53, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You should use the Wikipedia:Edit requests process for this to put your suggested revisions on this talk page. It may be helpful to break them up into different sections of the talk page. WhinyTheYounger ※ Talk 19:38, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks! I'll do just that. Appreciate the response. Bill Coffin (talk) 14:05, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see on User_talk:Thendral_Muthusami#Speedy_deletion_nomination_of_Ethisphere_Institute that a previous article under this title (started at 12:57, 1 July 2010) was nominated for deletion, and, presumably deleted; I don’t know where the discussion – if any – is. Oddly enough, when I created the article, I saw no warning of the previous article.

It seems notable to me, as many companies refer (in Wikipedia and elsewhere) to their ranking by the Institute, so that one wants to know what sort of organisation it is, how it works, and how seriously one can take it. I therefore created the article supplying at least a start to providing that information.

It is also mentioned on Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Business_and_economics/Companies and Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia/E13 (“academic”!?); Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/COIReports/2007,_Oct_10 also refers to a non-existent User:Ethisphere blocked on 2007-10-11T04:47:16, which could mean that there was a previous spammy form of the article, in which case I feel it a good thing that we replace that with a neutral and informative one.

PJTraill (talk) 11:49, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree. I myself got to this article because I was reading about Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and saw its ranking by Ethisphere Magazine mentioned, so I Googled that to see how reputable it was. Thus, this subject definitely seemed noteworthy to me, and this article at least provided the key piece of info I wanted to know (which is that Ethisphere Magazine is at least more substantial than just some local Lutheran magazine from the same area as Thrivent's HQ). BreakfastJr (talk) 00:40, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This was very reasonably tagged as sounding like a press release, being full of guff bigging up the company. I have therefore reverted it to the last serious revision (since then it was only editted to tag it and to date the tag). If User:Smarzec has anything useful to contribute they are welcome to add it in a neutral tone — but I doubt it, as this was their only contribution. Of course anyone else is also welcome to wade through their prose in search of encyclopaedic information. PJTraill (talk) 21:08, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Specifically, the management of the organization needs to be explained, and, most importantly, the funding of the organization needs to be explained. Absent this information the organization could be a Russian gang or a front for US underworld organizations. drh (talk) 13:45, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

The article page name should be changed from "Ethisphere Institute" to "Ethisphere."

• Why it should be changed:

Ethisphere Institute is a defunct branding name which Ethisphere dropped in 2012. Since then, it has referred to itself simply as Ethisphere. In the company's incorporation documents, it is incorporated as Ethisphere. See: https://ethisphere.com/

Bill Coffin (talk) 14:27, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Rusalkii (talk) 19:59, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• What I think should be changed (include citations):

The Infobox should be updated and expanded as follows:

INFOBOX Name: Ethisphere

Logo:

Formerly: Ethisphere Institute Company Type: Private company Industry: Data Services Date Founded: 2006 Founder: Alex Brigham HQ Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Area Served: Global Key People: Tom Bubeck, Chief Executive Officer Erica Salmon Byrne, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair, Business Ethics Leadership Alliance Udit Pillay, Chief Operating Officer Leslie Benton, SVP & Deputy General Counsel Services: Program, Culture, Private Equity Compliance, and ESG Assessments Benchmarking Conferences

1. Employees 66 (as of 2025)

Website www.ethisphere.com

• Why it should be changed:

This reflects current, key details about the company for anyone looking for a high-level overview of it. This new infobox section would also provide details common to other company infoboxes on Wikipedia.

Bill Coffin (talk) 15:01, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bill Coffin, please provide more specific sources than the home page of the company website, which does not list most of this information. Rusalkii (talk) 20:01, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/224212-87#overview

https://leadiq.com/c/ethisphere/5a1d8a6f240000240063d72c

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ethisphere-institute (this one's still using the company's old name) Bill Coffin (talk) 20:42, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]