Awards+for+Compliance+and+Ethics

//Internal Awards//
====While the practice is not without some controversy, some organizations give awards to particular employees or departments who exemplify the company’s values or ethical conduct in in general. For example - ====
 * ====The City of Austin aligned its “PRIDE” values with its Good Partner Award ====
 * ====Avera Health System has Compliance Champions ====
 * ====Conoco had a “President’s Award” for Ethics. Here’s a case study about the first award ====
 * ====Consumers Energy gives out Ethics in Action Awards ====
 * ====Humana Government Business has an Exemplar Award ====
 * ====Keystone Human Services has its Ethys Awards ====
 * ====The University of Florida Health Sciences Center had a Compliance Advocate award ====
 * ====USC started an Ethics in Leadership Award ====
 * ====The Veterans Administration gives out the William A Nelson Award for Excellence in Health Care Ethics ====
 * ====Walmart has had an “Award for Ethical Courage” and an “Integrity in Action” award (2010 – page 10) ====

//External Awards//
====External awards for the organization or one of its leaders are also ways to draw attention to its ethics and compliance efforts. For example – ====
 * ====The American Business Ethics Award comes from the Foundation for Financial Services Professionals ====
 * ====Annual Compliance Awards from Thomson Reuters include “Compliance Officer of the Year” ====
 * ====OCEG sponsors Awards for GRC Achievement ====
 * ====The Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics is awarded by Columbia Business School. The School posts the speeches by winners of the prize on Youtube. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">SCCE gives out annual Compliance and Ethics Awards ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Compliance Project of the Year is one of the Financial Sector Technology Awards ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Minnesota Business Ethics Award is on its 15th year ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Most Ethical Companies are designated by Ethisphere ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Platinum Compliance Awards from the London-based Compliance Register ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pollard Award for Innovation in Business Ethics from The Executives Breakfast Club ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Stanley C. Pace Leadership in Ethics Award from the Ethics Resource Center ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The University of Tampa gives out the Tampa Bay Ethics Award ====
 * ====<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio has Torch Awards for organizations exhibiting character ethics ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2014 will include Women in Compliance Awards ====

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Some agencies even give compliance related awards.
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 * ====<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) gave out annual "Best Practice" awards ====
 * ====<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The federal Office of Government Ethics had Program Excellence and Innovation Awards ====
 * ====<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Pennsylvania Department of Health has annual "Excellence in Health Care Compliance Awards" ====
 * ====<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Missouri Department of Agriculture rewards Excellence in Compliance ====
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