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Better
Business Bureaus' National Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics
The coveted BBB National Torch Award for
Marketplace Ethics attracts
over a thousand entries from national and local businesses at all
levels.
BBBs conduct local competitions, forwarding the winning entries
to the Council of Better Business Bureaus for consideration for
the National Torch Awards. Businesses may also nominate themselves
and enter the national competition on their own.
These awards are presented to companies in recognition of their
outstanding commitment to exceptional standards in relationships
to their consumers, employees, suppliers, competitors, shareholders,
and surrounding communities.
The BBB National Torch Award
is helping to illuminate the importance of corporate conscience
and responsibility to upholding a fair and honest marketplace. Each
year, one national winner is selected from each of four size categories
by an independent panel of judges with expertise in business ethics.
The award is open to all for-profit American businesses that
serve retail and wholesale markets. Non-profit
organizations or businesses whose primary markets are local, state,
or federal governments are not eligible for this award.
Companies do not need to have a full-scale ethics program in operation
in order to compete. They simply need to demonstrate that they meet
the judging criteria. The 2001 Better Business Bureau National
Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics will be awarded to four companies:
Category I (1,000 employees or more); Category II (100 to 999 employees);
Category III (11 to 99 employees) and Category IV (1 to 10 employees).
Nominees must be in good standing with the BBB; however, membership
in the BBB is not a requirement.
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