Any ideas why Apple is so low on the Most Responsible Companies 2020 list? #259 out of 300.

Lmao this list is horrible. Many of these are evil doers even if you set the bar low. Seriously, verizon? After scamming the government and the users, they’re considered one of the best ones? lol

The metric used is clearly broken. Chevron ranked 195.

(CNN) July 2019. About 800,000 gallons of an oil-water mixture has spilled in the last two months at a Chevron operation in the Cymric Oil Field in California's Kern County Canyon.

Of the mixture, about 30% is oil, Chevron says, meaning nearly 240,000 gallons of crude have spilled out onto the earth.

Edit: Nov 2019: That single surface expression, which released more than 1.3 million gallons of oily water before it was sealed, prompted fines and violations against the operator

Because it’s bullshit.

Is this like the JD Power Awards that Chevy keeps bragging about? If so, it's a paid award.

Because you need to pay to get a high ranking. Just look at that list, #7 is Citigroup, which over the past decade has accumulated a TON of government and civil lawsuits regarding fraud against the government, customers and investors, Target is anti-union, Kellogg's actively fights clearer nutrition labeling in their cereals in Mexico, and that is just 3 in the top 25.

The idea that freaking Halliburton is higher than Apple should cause people to question the methodology here.

Never ever trust an American publisher or media outlet of anything (exception: scientific and medical journals from accredited and standards-vetted professionals). Always read varied sources on opposing sides of all issues, and make your own mind.

Do not listen to the hive, or any hive (Facebook, reddit, whatever). Do not take headlines as truths. Do not take articles as truths, either. Do not take opinion pieces as facts, and don’t even take them as “good” opinions.

Do not pick sides framed by publishers and outlets. Do not allow a publisher to categorise you, to stamp you, or to rob you of your own ability to think critically.

And most importantly, though not relevant to this topic at all, or to you OP, do not seek news that affirms your world view above all else.

Measuring how “good” a company is, can be subjective even when using “data”.

The full methodology is online as a pdf:

https://d.newsweek.com/en/file/459820/methodology-americas-most-responsible-companies.pdf

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Foxconn involvements?

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Ideas? well, here's the methodology: https://d.newsweek.com/en/file/459820/methodology-americas-most-responsible-companies.pdf

And a quick glance reveals areas where Apple has been criticized. But hey, it isn't so bad being in the top 300. Give them a participation award. Lots of us like Apple in many ways, but I don't see them lauded, even here, for the sorts of things the analysis was looking at. And it could have been worse: they could've considered keyboards.... ;)

Second note: Do you have a typo in your title? You write ...

#259 out of 300

.., but according to the story, Apple ranks two-hundred-fifty-nine out of three thousand companies.

Newsweek lists only the top ten percent.

Apple is #16 in the Environmental Score, and #300 in Social Score.

Have you read the methodology paper yet, to understand how these qualities were scored?

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pushing broken products on customers? bending over for china and trump? lying about privacy?