Among ethics professionals, TI continues to be recognized as one of the benchmarks. The TI Ethics Office has openly offered itself and its experience to benefit other ethics offices in their start-up. As referenced below, members of the TI Ethics Office are very active in professional ethics organizations.

Texas Instruments was ranked #10 by Business Ethics Magazine of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens in 2006. In 2005, TI was ranked #50.

Additionally, Texas Instruments has been chosen as the recipient of three ethics awards:

• American Business Ethics Award [1994]
• Bentley College Center for Business Ethics Award [1994]
• David C. Lincoln Award for Ethics and Excellence in Business [1991]

While measuring the impact of an ethics initiative can be very difficult, the most effective way is to understand the perspectives of those within the organization. In response to the following survey statement, "I understand that TI is very serious about ethics and integrity," 73 percent of the TI respondents answered either "strongly agree" or "agree." This was viewed by those conducting the survey as an extremely favorable indicator.

TI's ethics program has shown its impact on communities as well as employees. It has been instrumental in organizing the Dallas Coalition on Character and Values (DCCV), a community effort that provides the structure and resources to help the Greater Dallas area adopt the "Six Pillars" of the National Character Counts! Coalition. It is directed at the youth in our community. The chairman of the TI Board of Directors served as chair of the 1998 DCCV Community Forum, which annually draws hundreds of people from a wide segment of businesses, educational institutions, agencies and religious organizations.

TI's principles of ethics and integrity are viewed as a primary driver for business success and are adaptable to other businesses and communities:

The TI Ethics Office has been involved in many industry outreach efforts. Carl Skooglund, former TI Ethics Director, previously served as the chairman of the Working Group for the Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct, a 10-year-old group of more than 50 major U.S. defense contractors that set some pioneering directions for their segment of industry that have become benchmarks for subsequent efforts. And he is the current Chairman of the Board of the Ethics Officer Association, which comprises over 300 companies and business members dedicated to enhancing ethical practices in business across a broad segment of organizations and industries.