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Most Respected Companies Survey

Financial success or altruism alone is not enough to command respect. Indian companies are trying to strike the right balance.
JEHANGIR S. POCHA
Some sitting atop rickety buses, some cramped together in cabs, some perched precariously on overloaded rickshaws, and others walking cheerfully in groups through sun-burnt streets. The annual general meeting of Reliance Industries is the Haj many of the company’s million-plus shareholders make with religious zeal — and for good reason. No other company has enriched so many shareholders by so much in India’s history. So it’s significant that ever since BW commissioned the Most Respected Companies survey in 1983, Reliance has never been able to shake off the accusations that plague it and win the crown of respect. If Mukesh Ambani needs any consolation beyond the $10 billion addition in his notional wealth this year, he should consider that one eruption in Singur has been enough to fracture the painstakingly acquired reputation of his rival Ratan Tata’s Tata Motors

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Articles:

The Top Three

Murthy’s View From The Top / Bharti Airtel: Towering Ambition
Reliance Industries: Big Brother


The Other Top Seven

Two For The Road: Maruti Vs Tata / An Account Of HDFC Bank’s Fall
RCOM: Call Of The Wild / Bennett, Coleman & Co: High Times
Kingfisher: A Merry Flight / The Tatas: Keepers Of Conscience

What Earns Peer Respect / Column: Arun Maira /Column: Malvinder Singh
The Pecking Order / MNCs: The Outsiders That Got In /
Methodology: Rules Of The Game


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