Jacquie Elcox with Integrity Counts! Award
The Better Business Bureau has an annual award the call Integrity Counts! It is an award given to businesses the exhibit the best examples of Integrity in their business practices. We applied for this award in 2003 and were finalists and wanted to try again for 2012. We tried and were selected as finalists again the second time around and were honored at an award ceremony on September 29th this year. There were 65 businesses that were nominated in 2011. Out of those, 26 businesses were honored.
If you are wondering what goes into applying and receiving such an award, let me explain. We had to create an informational binder for each committee member that detailed out:
- Company Philosophy – explaining why we chose integrity an important ingredient in our company structure and behavior.
- Integrity in Action – short narratives were provided identifying how principal management and staff acted with integrity in at least two of the following situations: Customer/User relationship, Vendor/Supplier relationship, Employee relationship, Community partnership.
- Testimonials – we submitted testimonial letters from each of the groups above reflecting our relationship between our company and these groups.
- External Communication – specific examples of how our company communicates its core values to employees, vendors & suppliers.
Without our great customers, we would have never achieved this award. We thank all of you who have thanked us over the years and continue to do so. We encourage all our customers to offer us feedback, both good and bad, about your relationship with us at any time.
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