Samaritan Counseling Center’s 2009 Ethics in Business Award Recipients The Samaritan Counseling Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Ethics in Business Award: Two Dudes Painting (for-profit business category); United Disabilities Service (not-for-profit organization category); and Quintin Frey (individual business person category).

The three recipients were honored and celebrated at the Third Annual Ethics in Business Award presentation on June 18, 2009 at Casa di Fiori at the Inn at Leola Village. With about 150 people in attendance, the event was a great success.

The presentation of the award recipients followed a keynote address by Don Eberly, an internationally recognized expert on community and economic development and advisor to two Presidents on civic leadership. His latest book, The Rise of Global Civic Society: Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up, was named on the leading works in 2008 that drive the discussion. The book details the rise of philanthropy, volunteerism and public/private partnerships in contributing to global political and economic development.

The five criteria for the Ethics in Business Award are: Integrity, Fairness & Justice, Stewardship, Life-Enhancing and Transparency. For more information on the award criteria, click here. For more information on the nomination and selection process, click here.

The Samaritan Counseling Center’s 2009 Ethics in Business Award recipients are:

Two Dudes Painting Company. Two Dudes is an exciting company, clearly striving to do what is right for its employees, customers and the community. Two Dudes has chosen to raise the bar for painting professionals and is working creatively and diligently to instill and exemplify strong ethical principles. The company’s commitment to the community is far-reaching and their daily activities serve as examples of ethics in action.

United Disabilities Services. UDS has incorporated the concept of the Keeper of the Common Good in its business practices. This approach to management helps UDS maintain the highest standards of honesty, integrity, fairness and respect in all that it does. The motto: “Do Justly; Love Mercy; and Walk Humbly” defines the ethical principles that guide UDS as it advances its mission – and, more importantly, ensures that they are practiced.

Quintin Frey, President of Turkey Hill Dairy. For Quintin, ethics in business infuses all of what you do and the means by which you accomplish things in your business life. Quintin leads by four Enduring Principles which have become the foundation of Turkey Hill’s success: treat all people with fairness and respect; practice honesty and integrity in all relationships; produce and sell quality, wholesome products; and serve our customers as we would like to be served.