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BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF THE COASTAL BEND
Mission Statement
The mission of the Better Business Bureau system is to promote and foster the highest ethical relationship between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation, consumer and business education and service excellence.
The Better Business Bureaus established an annual awards program in 1997 to gain public recognition for Coastal Bend businesses that maintain a solid commitment to conducting their business practices in an ethical fashion. Each year, up to three companies are selected through a competition to receive the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Market-place Ethics. The Torch Award is designed to promote not only the importance of ethical business practices, but the willingness and efforts made by outstanding businesses to ensure that our country’s marketplace remains fair and honorable for all Americans.
Award Parameters
Candidates for the Coastal Bend Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics are
evaluated by an independent prestigious panel of judges from the business and academic community against the
following criteria:
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High ethical standards of behavior towards customers, suppliers, users, shareholders, employees, and communities in which they do business;
- Demonstrated ethical practices surrounding their buyer/seller relationships;
- Longstanding history/reputation of ethical practices in the marketplace;
Marketing, advertising, communications, and sales practices which reflect a true representation of what is being offered in the marketplace;
- Acknowledgement of ethical marketplace practices by industry peers;
- Ethics policies that are effectively communicated to employees;
- Ethics policies that are designed to give long term value to shareholders, customers, etc.;
- Training programs that assist employees in carrying out established ethics policies.
Eligibility Guidelines
This award is open to all for-profit Coastal Bend businesses that serve retail and wholesale markets. Most non-profit organizations or businesses whose primary markets are local, state or federal governments are not eligible for this award. An individual may nominate the company he/she works for; owns or is affiliated with, or may nominate a company the individual does business with, or any company which the nominating individual feels meets the Torch Award parameters. A company can also be nominated by an organization (i.e., Chamber of Commerce, academic institution, ethics organization, trade association, etc.).
Torch Awards are given in the following categories: 1-99 employees, 100-999 employees, 1,000+ employees and non-metro (company not based in Corpus Christi).
The competition is judged by a panel made up of
educators from Coastal Bend College, Del Mar College, Trxas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
2000 Winners (awarded in 2001)
Allen Samuels Chevrolet
Leon Lester
CCAC (Air Conditioning)
Richard Rector
Taggart Motor Co.
Nathan Taggart
1999 Winner
ALLISON CARPETS FLOORS & GARAGE DOORS
Terry and Sandy Allison
1998 Winner
ARCADIA TV
Sahi Marjy
1997 Winner
GONZALEZ ROOFING
Isidro Gonzalez
If you wish to nominate a business for the Torch Award for the year 2001, (awarded in 2002) please call your Better Business Bureau at 852-4949 or 1-800-379-4222 to obtain a form or go to the Better Business Bureau website at www.caller.com/bbb
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