Torch Award winners
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga is the non-profit winner of the 2016 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, presented by the Better Business Bureau serving Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia.
The mission of the BBB is to promote and foster the highest ethical relationship between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation, consumer business education, and service excellence. In this spirit, the BBB conducts an annual award program to gain public recognition for businesses and organizations that maintain a solid commitment to conducting their business practices in an ethical fashion. Companies of different sizes are selected annually through a regional competition to receive a Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, said officials.
The Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics is designed to promote not only the importance of ethical business practices, but also the willingness and efforts made by outstanding businesses to ensure that our marketplace remains fair and honorable, said officials.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga changes the way vulnerable children see the world and interact with it. It depends on donations to ensure child safety and provide support for children, families and volunteers to build and sustain relationships. The programs are proven to reduce a child’s risk of dropping out of school, becoming violent, using drugs and alcohol, and falling victim to other negative cycles that threaten society. For more information visit www.bbbschatt.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga received the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics