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Recent Press Releases from the Uncommon Friends Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2006
Contact: Arlene Roth, Executive Director, Uncommon Friends Foundation, (239) 337-9505


2-2-2-2/Uncommon Friends Foundation Announces Five Finalists

The judging panel also includes Dawn-Marie Driscoll, author of "Ethics Matters: How to Implement Values-Driven Management," an executive fellow and advisory board member of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.; Francis J. Daly, former director of the ethics program of the Fortune 500 Los Angeles-based aerospace company, Northrop Grumman; S.J. Gerald Cavanagh, Ph.D., chair of business ethics, University of Detroit Mercy and author of "American Business Values: With International Perspectives"; and Charles Fornaciari, Ph.D., Uncommon Friends chair of ethics, College of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University; and professors from the colleges of Professional Studies, Education, Health Professions, Arts and Sciences at FGCU.

The Uncommon Friends Foundation was established in Southwest Florida in 1993 to instill ethics, moral values and a sense of purpose in tomorrow's leaders. Oswald Trippe and Company Inc. and St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company are presenting sponsors for the Business Ethics Award. The award program will feature remarks by Francis J. Daly, a leader of the national business ethics movement for the past twenty years and former chairman of the national Ethics and Compliance Officer Association. He has addressed many audiences on the subject of business ethics, including Yale University, the World Bank, the American Leadership Forum and the Society for Business Ethics.

Sponsorships are available for the Uncommon Friends Foundation Business Ethics Award event. For information on sponsorships or ticket sales, contact the Uncommon Friends Foundation at (239) 337-9505 or email membership@uncommonfriends.org.