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BBB Names 2009 Business
Ethics Award Winners

Milwaukee, Wis. – The Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin is pleased to announce the winners of its prestigious 2009 Torch Awards for Business Ethics and Integrity.

The four winners were selected by an independent panel of nine business ethics experts and announced at a ceremony in Milwaukee on Tuesday, October 13th. The winners were chosen based on submissions that demonstrated excellence in ethical practices, service excellence, reputation, honest advertising, peer recognition, management practices and employee training in ethical behavior. The winners are:

Charity
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin, Butler
Patti Gorsky, president

Category I (1 to 5 employees)
Mouse Bytez, Oak Creek
Jillian Ochoa, president

Category II (6 to 50 employees)
All American Window & Door Company, Germantown
Terri and Ben Lodwick, owners

Category III (51 to 500 employees)
PyraMax Bank, Greenfield
Richard Hurd, CEO.

In addition to the above winners, the following awards were given:

Charity
Runner up: CARITAS for Children, Milwaukee
Honorable Mention: Intercession, Inc., Milwaukee

Category I
Runner up: Apple Awards, Hayward
Honorable Mention (tie):
Cobblestone Builders, Menomonee Falls
Tucker Family Construction, Brodhead (honorable mention)

Category II
Runner up: Ellenbecker Investment Group, Pewaukee
Honorable Mention (tie):
Great Lakes Roofing Corporation, Germantown & Menasha
H.E. Stark Agency, Madison

Category III
Runner up: WeatherTight Corporation, West Allis
Honorable Mention: Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling of Southeast Wisconsin, Milwaukee

“Now, more than ever, Wisconsin needs companies like these that put a high priority on ethics and integrity with their customers, their employees and their vendors,” said Randall Hoth, president/CEO of the Wisconsin BBB. “I applaud their commendable business practices and their commitment to doing things the right way.”

(Red text denotes MBA member)