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Recent Press Releases from the Uncommon Friends
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2006 |
Contacts:
Arlene Roth, Executive Director, Uncommon Friends Foundation, (239) 337-9505 |
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The Uncommon Friends Foundation Names
HomeBanc Mortgage Corp. as Winner of the Region's First Business
Ethics Award |
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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (June 13, 2006) --The
Uncommon Friends Foundation, a Southwest Florida
character-education foundation, has selected HomeBanc
Mortgage Corporation as the winner of the region's first
Business Ethics Award. The award, which recognizes a
company's system-wide commitment to business ethics, was
presented to Nigel Fullick, vice president of HomeBanc
Mortgage, at the organization's Business Ethics Award
event.
HomeBanc was selected from a field of five finalists
including the American Red Cross; Lee County Chapter;
Colonial Bank; Salvation Army; and The Bonita Bay Group.
The winner was selected by a team of nationally
respected ethics professionals who developed the award
criteria and made their selections from among the 22
companies and organizations that were nominated by
business, political, community and religious leaders
from the five-county area. Each nominated company
received an invitation to apply.
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Joan Elise Dubinsky, Esquire, a member
of the judging panel, is an ethics officer for the
International Monetary
Fund in Washington, D.C., and a nationally recognized
author, educator and management consultant on business
ethics. "Uncommon Friends is to be commended for
initiating this business ethics award," said Dubinsky, a
faculty member of the national Ethics and Compliance
Officer Association and an executive fellow with the
Center for Business Ethics. "It was a pleasure to read
all the nominations and I'm
impressed with the commitment of Southwest Florida
organizations to raising business ethics standards. Not
all companies understand the difference between business
ethics and customer service, or business ethics and
social responsibility. The finalists are moving in that
direction and seem to know that at its core, business
ethics is what you do when no one is looking. How do you
treat your employees, vendors and business partners? How
do your employees, when faced with a grey situation,
make a decision about what to do? The very fact that
Uncommon Friends, Florida Gulf Coast University and
others are discussing these tough issues shows Southwest
Florida is ahead of many other areas of the country,"
she continued. |
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2006 |
Contacts:
Arlene Roth, Executive Director, Uncommon Friends Foundation, (239) 337-9505 |
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Uncommon Friends Foundation Rewards "A Commitment to Helping
Friends:
24 recipients demonstrate Character,
Ethics and a Sense of Purpose |
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (June 13, 2006)
-- From Eagle Scouts
going off to college to single moms striving for
financial independence, 24 men and women have received
encouragement and support for the pursuit of their
dreams from the Uncommon Friends Foundation. They are
this year's Uncommon Friends Foundation scholarship
winners, honored at "An Uncommon Evening," the
organization's annual event celebrating the region's
first business ethics award. The scholarship recipients
were cheered on by their families, their teachers and
more than 400 business, professional and government
leaders who applauded their determination for personal
growth.
The evening's theme, "An Uncommon Evening," refers to
the Uncommon Friends Foundation's mission to instill
ethics, moral values and a sense of purpose in
tomorrow's leaders.
Since it began seven years ago, the Uncommon Friends
Foundation scholarship program has helped more than 175
men and women meet the costs of tuition, books and
supplies as they pursue meaningful careers and,
ultimately, the self-esteem and security that come with
financial independence for themselves and their
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Nominations for the 2006 scholarships came from area
schools and social service agencies. Several of this
year's awards recognize leadership and academic
excellence already exhibited; others are made to
candidates in whom the Foundation sees extraordinary
potential, but who face various obstacles in their
effort to join the mainstream of society and the
economy.
This year's recipients include:
Zuly Fernandez arrived in Florida with her family
ten years ago on a wooden boat from Cuba. She dreams of
earning a college degree and working to make education
opportunities available to everyone. Her dream begins at
Edison College. |
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