"Doing business with integrity is something Johnson Controls takes seriously, and our employees around the world understand and actively embrace this in order to create winning solutions for our customers," said Mara Murphy, Vice President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Johnson Controls. "We are proud to be a global leader in ethical practices and look forward to continuing to serve our customers with the highest of standards in all we do."

Values First, the Johnson Controls Code of Ethics, is the cornerstone of the Johnson Controls Ethics & Compliance Program. It provides an integrated approach to ensuring that individual conduct, business operations, and organisational culture maintain the highest standards of integrity. Through leadership, commitment, communication, training, monitoring, and reporting, Johnson Controls has operationalised ways to identify and safely navigate ethics and compliance risks and conduct business according to the company's stringent set of values.

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 practices that support robust ethics and compliance; governance; a culture of ethics; environmental, and social impact; and initiatives that support a strong value chain. In 2025, 136 honourees were recognised spanning 19 countries and 44 industries.

"Congratulations to Johnson Controls for achieving recognition as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Behind this honour is a true dedication and a commitment to advancing business integrity. This approach is good for business – employees and other stakeholders value companies that prioritise the kinds of practices we measure with our process," said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere's Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair.