In order to be accepted into this list, the organization must:
- Employ software engineers
- Have a clearly defined mission that serves a purpose that is for a common good that fits one of these categories:
- Environmental
- Education
- Health
- Human rights
- Public service
- Global safety
- Must not have any known ethical controversies such as:
- Exploitation of any kind, foreign or domestic
- Surveillance
- Capitalism of misinformation or abuse
- Censorship
- Union busting or other fair labor issues
- Net-Negative environmental impact
- Antitrust
- Extreme income inequality
- Any sort of abuse or other hostility towards workforce or public
- Any evidence of prioritizing profit over workforce or public