Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota is once again issuing a call for nominations for the premier awards in business ethics, BBB's Torch Awards for Ethics.
For the 17th year, these awards will recognize area companies which lead by way of example through the display of outstanding ethics in their dealings with customers, employees, vendors and within their communities.
Nominees for BBB Torch Awards must be in good standing with BBB; however BBB Accreditation is not a requirement to compete for the award. All for-profit businesses of any size, owned or operated in Minnesota or North Dakota, are eligible. This year's BBB Torch Awards for Ethics nomination deadline is May 9.
"We are always proud to be able to bestow these awards on highly deserving businesses," said Dana Badgerow, president and CEO of Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, in a news release. "Our marketplace is strong, diverse and firmly rooted in sound business practices. Companies that receive this award are truly the 'best of the best.'"
Companies can be nominated online by visiting thefirstbbb.org/nominate or by sending the company name, contact name, address, phone number, and email along with the nominator's name and phone number to: BBB, Attn: Mackenzie Kelley, 220. S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville, MN 55337; or by faxing the information to 651-695-2487. Nominations for the 2016 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics are open to the public. Area business owners or employees may also nominate their own firms.
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Nominated companies will receive an official entry form from BBB. The entry asks each company to demonstrate their commitment to ethics by addressing the following six Principles of TRUST!, as established by BBB:
• Transformation at the top,
• Reinforce and build,
• Unite the team,
• Steer performance,
• Treasure people,
• Enthusiastically reinvest.
Companies that choose to formally submit entries must do so by 4 p.m. July 22. A panel of independent judges will decide the award finalists and recipients. Winners will be announced live at BBB's 2016 Torch Awards for Ethics ceremony on Oct. 27, at the University of Minnesota's McNamara Alumni Center. Best-selling author and award-winning speaker Ross Bernstein will provide the keynote address.
