Our Approach: Integrity, Confidentiality, and Positive Recognition

Integrity of Our Selection Process

Any organization that appears on our list is selected primarily on the basis of their employees' responses to the Great Place to Work^® Trust Index^©, a proprietary employee survey developed by the Great Place to Work^® Institute. In addition, we evaluate materials submitted by the organization, including the organization 's response to the Great Place to Work^® Culture Audit^©, any accompanying materials submitted by the organization for consideration, as well as information gathered from other reputable sources such as media stories about the organization.
Great Place to Work^® Institute, Great Place to Work^® Institute Canada, and its representative affiliates ("GPTW") will not consider personal relationships, gifts, or various influences (or attempted influences) in the selection of the companies for the list.
GPTW's assessment/consulting practice helps organizations become great places to work, the assessment consulting part of our business does not help organizations appear on the list. We make this distinction clear to our clients.
Evaluators involved in the selection of organizations for the list must sign non-disclosure agreements and are screened for potential conflicts-of-interest before participating in the evaluation process

GPTW will securely hold a participating organization's information given to it, and will not sell or trade organizational data or contact information to third parties.
GPTW will only provide organizational data or contact information to its media and research List Collaborators who have been authorized in advance by written agreements with GPTW for purposes of developing and publishing the list. GPTW will seek advance approval from participating organizations for any other external use of their data.
GPTW will never release a participating organization's survey scores in their entirety without the organization's permission, and only if it provides positive recognition for the organization.
GPTW may publish reports, sighting examples of a organization's best practices submitted through the selection process, so long as they agree with the terms of positive recognition outlined below.
GPTW will never reveal whether or not an organization has participated for selection on the list, for current or past years. This means that we will not share information with employees of participating organizations. We work through our specific contact at each organization and allow them to decide whether or not they want to reveal their participation in the Best Workplaces process.

GPTW will only publicize information about organizations who make the list and will only publicize positive aspects of each organization.
A listed organization's survey scores on selected questions may be highlighted in the media to illustrate unique or best practices that make that organization an outstanding workplace.