The Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award is proud to announce the 2013 panel of judges.  Nine distinguished leaders in the greater Dallas business and academic community are charged with the difficult task of selecting the 2013 Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award winners.

The 2013 panel of judges include:

• John Broderson, Associate General Counsel with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation *, **
• Peter DeLisle, Ph.D, Director of the Posey Leadership Institute at Austin College
• Kevin Fegan, Ed.D, President of Northwood University – Texas
• Rosario E. Heppe, Senior Director – Corporate Compliance with Fluor Corporation *
• James Olan Hutcheson, Founder and Managing Partner of ReGeneration Partners *
• Dr. Rita Kirk, PhD, Director, Cary M. McGuire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility , Althshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Communication Studies Professor at Southern Methodist University
• Richard Peregoy, D.P.S., College of Business, University of Dallas
• David Reid, TI Ethics Director – Emeritus, Texas Instruments **
• David Sokolsky, President of Daisy Brand, Inc. *, **

* Past Winner, Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award
** Past Winner, American Business Ethics Award

In addition, a team of 10 students from the Austin College Leadership Institute, led by senior Athena Padgett, are participating in the judging process as student evaluators.  The student’s role is to visit the workplace of each nominated company and review the award submission with company officials as well as note their observations of company employees “in action.”  The student evaluators will provide a written report to the judges in advance of the April judging meeting.  They will also join the judges at this meeting to answer any questions the judges may have of their site visits and subsequent reports. In the past, these student evaluations have proven invaluable to the judges in terms of helping to humanize the written submission of each nominated company.

Finalists will be announced in April and the winner(s) of the 2013 award will be announced May 1, 2013 at a luncheon held at the Westin Galleria hotel.  Registration is now open at http://gdbea-2013-award.eventbrite.com.

Ten students from The Posey Leadership Institute at Austin College are participating in the judging process as student evaluators for the 2013 Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award program.  Led by Senior Athena Padgett, the student team will visit the workplaces of each nominated company and review the award submission with company officials as well as note their observations of company employees “in action.”  The student evaluators will provide a written report to the judges in advance of the April judging meeting.  They will also join the judges at this meeting to answer any questions the judges may have of their site visits and subsequent report. In the past, these student evaluations have proven invaluable to the judges in terms of helping to humanize the written submission of each nominated company.

While ethics in business and public life continues to capture headlines and make the evening news, not all ethics news is bad news. The Greater Dallas Ethics Award Dallas celebrates the good in North Texas business naming the five finalists for the 2012 GDBEA Awards program.

The five companies named finalists in the 2012 Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award are:

• Brinker International
• Adrift Float Spa
• Aquire
• CNC Home Care
• Park Cities Obedience School

Join us to find out who will win and help us honor these leading companies that demonstrate a higher code of ethics at the 12th Annual Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award program on Thursday, May 3 at 11:30 a.m. at the Westin Galleria Hotel. The program is presented by BKD, Hunton & Williams, Mesirow Financial Consulting, and D CEO.