Better Business Bureau: Announces statewide Torch Ethics Award finalists

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Milwaukee, Wis. – The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau Foundation Center for Character Ethics is pleased to announce the finalists for its prestigious 2015 Torch Awards for Ethics.

The finalists are (in alphabetical order): 4Imprint (Oshkosh); Action Organizing Services, LLC (Milwaukee), Busch Precision (Milwaukee), Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Milwaukee), Hunger Task Force (Milwaukee), Innovative Services, Inc. (Green Bay), InVision Business Development & Marketing, LLC (Madison), Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling (Milwaukee), Realty Executives Integrity (Cedarburg), Sure-Dry Basement Systems, Inc. (Menasha), and Thrivent Financial (Appleton).

The BBB’s Torch Award for Ethics is a statewide competition that honors companies and charities who do business in Wisconsin, and that demonstrate excellence in ethical practices, service excellence, reputation, honest advertising, peer recognition, management practices and employee training in ethical behavior. This is the eleventh award program by the Wisconsin BBB Foundation, a non-profit organization. Award categories are based on the size of the company.

In today’s business environment, trust and ethical practices are of the utmost importance and for this reason companies such as these deserve to stand out and be recognized, “ said Ran Hoth, CEO and President of the Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin. “The BBB congratulates all of the distinguished and outstanding finalists.”

Winners will be announced at the BBB’s Torch Awards luncheon ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2015 in the Garage at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee. Richard R. Pieper, Sr., non-executive chairman of PPC Partners, Inc. is our Keynote Speaker. Ted Perry of WITI Fox 6 News is the Master of Ceremonies.

Come support these strong Wisconsin businesses! Join the BBB along with past, current, and future ethics award winners at this special awards banquet. A surprise announcement will also be made as we reveal the first-time, “CEO Leader of Integrity Award.” You don’t want to miss it!

The cost of the luncheon is $65 per person or $500 for a corporate table of eight. Students pay $25 per person. For more information go to our website or contact Carole Milos at cmilos@wisconsin.bbb.org or 414-847-6064. Click here to see past winners.

The Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin is a non-profit organization, whose mission is to promote business ethics through self-regulation.

For more information or further inquiries, contact the Wisconsin BBB at http://www.bbb.org/wisconsin or 414-847-6000 (metro Milwaukee), 920-734-4352 (Appleton), 608-268-2221 (Madison) or 1-800-273-1002 (elsewhere in Wisconsin). Consumers also can find more information about how to protect themselves from scams by following the Wisconsin BBB on Twitter, Facebook and You Tube.

ABOUT BBB: For more than 100 years, Better Business Bureau has been helping people find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. In 2014, people turned to BBB more than 165 million times for BBB Business Reviews on more than 4.7 million businesses and Charity Reports on 11,000 charities, all available for free at bbb.org . The Council of Better Business Bureaus is the umbrella organization for 112 local, independent BBBs across North America, as well as home to its national programs on dispute resolution, advertising review, and industry self-regulation. BBB Serving Wisconsin was founded in 1939 and serves the state of Wisconsin.