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Ethisphere Names FedEx as One of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies(R) for the Second Time

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FedEx Corp. (FDX) has been recognized as one of the 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the second consecutive year. FedEx is the sole honoree in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry among 136 recognized companies spanning 20 countries and 44 industries. The company's commitment to business integrity, compliance, and governance has been acknowledged through its exceptional compliance programs. FedEx's Chief Compliance Officer, Justin Ross, expressed gratitude for the recognition, highlighting the global team's efforts in upholding a strong culture of ethics. Ethisphere's Chief Strategy Officer, Erica Salmon Byrne, commended FedEx for setting a standard of ethics and integrity in business. The recognition is based on Ethisphere's rigorous assessment methodology, including the Ethics Quotient, which evaluates companies on various aspects of ethics, ESG practices, compliance programs, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and value chain initiatives.
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Annual recognition highlights organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to business integrity through robust ethics, compliance, and governance programs

MEMPHIS, TN / ACCESSWIRE / March 21, 2024 / FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), one of the world's largest express transportation companies, has received the 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

FedEx is being recognized for the second consecutive year and is the only honoree in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry. In 2024, 136 honorees were recognized spanning 20 countries and 44 industries.

"This is a great honor for FedEx, and we are pleased to be among this select group of companies with exceptional compliance programs and commitments to advancing business integrity for the second year in a row," said Justin Ross, Chief Compliance Officer of FedEx Corporation. "Our FedEx team members around the globe have done an incredible job building and maintaining FedEx's strong culture of compliance and ethics, and we are truly appreciative of this esteemed - and hard-earned - recognition."

"It's always inspiring to recognize the World's Most Ethical Companies®. Through the rigorous review process, we see the dedication of these organizations to continually improving their ethics, compliance, and governance practices to the benefit of all stakeholders," said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere's Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair. "Companies that elevate best-in-class cultures of ethics and integrity set a standard for corporate citizenship for their peers and competitors to follow. Congratulations to FedEx for achieving this honor and demonstrating that strong ethics is good business."

Methodology & Scoring
The World's Most Ethical Companies assessment is grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics Quotient®, an extensive questionnaire that requires companies to provide over 240 different proof points on their culture of ethics; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices; ethics and compliance program; diversity, equity, & inclusion; and initiatives that support a strong value chain. That data undergoes further qualitative analysis by our panel of experts who spend thousands of hours vetting and evaluating each year's group of applicants. This process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify truly best-in-class ethics and compliance practices from organizations across industries and from around the world.

Honorees
To view the full list of this year's honorees, please visit the World's Most Ethical Companies website, at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenue of $88 billion, the company offers integrated business solutions through operating companies competing collectively, operating collaboratively and innovating digitally as one FedEx. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 500,000 employees to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. FedEx is committed to connecting people and possibilities around the world responsibly and resourcefully, with a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040. To learn more, please visit fedex.com/about.

About Ethisphere
Ethisphere is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that strengthen corporate brands, build trust in the marketplace, deliver business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help companies build strong cultures of ethics and integrity. Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition program, provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and showcases trends and best practices in ethics with Ethisphere Magazine. Ethisphere also advances business performance through data-driven assessments, guidance, and benchmarking against its unparalleled data: the Culture Quotient dataset reflecting the ethical business practices of 3+ million employees around the world; and the Ethics Quotient dataset, featuring 240+ data points on the ethics, compliance, social, and governance practices of the World's Most Ethical Companies. For more information, visit https://ethisphere.com.

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SOURCE: FedEx Corporation



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FedEx Corp. (FDX) received the 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies recognition by Ethisphere for the second consecutive year.

In 2024, 136 honorees were recognized, with FedEx Corp. being the only honoree in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry.

Justin Ross is the Chief Compliance Officer of FedEx

Ethisphere's assessment methodology includes the Ethics Quotient, which evaluates companies on ethics culture, ESG practices, compliance programs, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and value chain initiatives.

The full list of 2024 honorees can be found on the World's Most Ethical Companies website at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.
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