OMAHA WINNERS:
"Integrity is one of the cornerstones of local television. Viewers expect a high level of integrity in the news we provide them every day. Our clients are the same, counting on KETV to provide them with the tools and guidance to grow their business through television advertising. To be recognized by those we serve with a Better Business Bureau Integrity Award is a great honor for KETV."
Sarah Smith, President/General Manager
KETV
Winner 2005
"BCBSNE strives to maintain an ethical culture within our organization and we appreciate this recognition of our efforts. This Award gives our employees, members and business partners even greater confidence that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is committed to operating its business in good faith and in an ethical manner."
Bev Carlson, PAHM, Corporate Communications
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
Winner 2008
"Receiving the BBB’s Integrity Award has meant a great deal to Thrasher Basement Systems. Specifically, we have felt a renewed sense of pride in our business and in our employees. In addition, we feel that our customer service and sales volume are made stronger when the community knows about our business ethics. People want to work with good people, and when they hear that we have won this award, they have a greater sense of confidence in our company!"
Greg Thrasher, President
Thrasher Basement Systems, Inc.
Winner 2008
"Awards for Integrity in the automotive industry are far and few between. Therefore, we are very pleased that the BBB has recognized us for the way that we conduct business. Being able to use this award in our advertising has been extremely beneficial in describing to future customers that we truly are an ethical business. "
Boyd and Darcie Dingman
Dingman's Collision Center
Winner 2008
"Mosaic is proud to be honored for its ethical decision-making and upholding the highest integrity standards. Winning the BBB Integrity Award has given us the opportunity to collaborate with key partners, share our story with our communities and attract donors looking for a wise investment."
Raul Saldivar, Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Chief Integrity Officer
Mosaic
Winner 2007
"It is our duty at Millard Sprinkler, as well as every other company, to adhere to high ethical standards. This is what the Integrity Awards are for, honoring companies like ours for doing the right thing, in hopes that other companies would follow suit. Thank you to the BBB for recognizing the veracity in our company."
Todd Rannals, President
Millard Sprinkler
Winner 2006
"Boys Town’s BBB Integrity Award remains a wonderful affirmation of our employees’ dedication to saving children and healing families. We are blessed to have the people of the Midwest and across the nation continue Father Flanagan’s enduring mission of strengthening children and families in body, mind and spirit."
Father Steven Boes, National Executive Director
Boys Town
Winner 2006
"For a nonprofit organization like Goodwill, there can be no higher goal than to operate with integrity. Being recognized by the BBB assures us that we are keeping the promises we make to our customers, employees and program participants every day. To be selected for this award in our 75th year of service to the community is truly an honor."
Frank McGree, President & CEO
Goodwill Industries, Inc., Serving Eastern Nebraska and Southwest Iowa
Winner 2008
"Winning the BBB Integrity Award has yielded tremendous dividends for our company. The recognition brought by this award, as a testament to how we conduct business, has been invaluable. General Service Bureau has always conducted business with a high level of integrity and to receive outside recognition from the BBB has been a real attention getter to our clients and potential customers. It has clearly separated GSB from others in our industry!"
Robert L. Leavitt, President
General Service Bureau, Inc., Early Out Services Inc.
Winner 2007
"Winning the BBB Integrity Award has been a tremendous asset to our company, giving us a competitive advantage in our sales process, along with giving us the credibility of the BBB. I would highly encourage any business to apply for this prestigious honor."
Jerry Teeter, President
Teeter Auto Transport, Inc.
Winner 2008
"Being honored with a Better Business Bureau Integrity Award has been one of our biggest accomplishments. The BBB is held in such high regard not just in Omaha but the rest of the country, so it was an outstanding feeling to have our business standards recognized by this organization and our peers. The Integrity Award has been a huge inspiration to our employees as well as past, present and future customers, giving them comfort that they can trust in us to do things the right way."
Todd Sanwick
Sanwick Remodeling Contractors, Inc.
Winner 2007
"Winning the BBB Integrity Award was one of the highest honors our Center has received. Our associates understand what this award represents and are so very proud to have been a recipient."
Lisa Lane, General Manager
Marriott Global Reservations & Customer Care
Winner 2007
"It takes long-term effort and commitment to operate any size of business with integrity. We view the BBB Integrity Award as the most prestigious business honor in the Midwest. When we won our second Integrity Award in 2008, we invited 170 employees and business partners to the Awards Luncheon to celebrate with our owners and management team. We've included the award in our marketing efforts, but the Award's most important impact was on our employees and owners. After the luncheon, they knew - and the Omaha business community knew - that we work at a special place."
Jay Slagle, Administrator
Midwest Eye Care, PC
Winner 2008
LINCOLN WINNERS:
"We appreciate our Integrity Award because it reflects the trust of our clients and our community, which is pivotal for success in today’s business environment. Clients want businesses to keep promises, tell the truth and deal fairly with them. We are grateful to have the award to help demonstrate our corporate value to ‘never compromise ethics for financial gains, nor sacrifice integrity for profit."
Tom Henning, President and CEO
Assurity Life Insurance Company
Winner 2007
"Winning a BBB Integrity Award means I’m not dreaming! Not only do I get to do work that I love, but I can take comfort in making people feel good about working with me because they know, without a doubt, that I’ll take good care of them. That’s tops in my book."
Khara Plicanic
Kabloom Studios
Winner 2008
"It is meaningful when we can tell donors facts such as, ‘we had an outstanding rating on our outside audit,’ but when we get public commendation from an outside exemplary, more universal standard such as the BBB, it certainly takes it up a notch!."
Ruth Gerber Ph.D, VP of Gift Planning
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools
Winner 2006
"Winning the BBB Integrity Award affirms our commitment to do business the right way. Earning this recognition has enabled us to strengthen our relationships and build a level of trust that is often difficult and takes longer to achieve."
Matt O' Gorman, Account Director
Pickering Creative Group/aijalon
Winner 2006
"We were deeply honored to receive the BBB Integrity Award. Our membership strives to uphold the values which are promoted and encouraged by the BBB. To be recognized for this effort will be long remembered."
Nadine S. Condello, Executive Vice President
Home Builders Association of Lincoln
Winner 2006
"This is considered to be one of our most honored awards. Our customers entrust us with their money and we personally work with them to ensure we are providing the best possible service to help them meet their financial goals. To win the Integrity Award from the BBB is a testament to our commitment to the highest business standards."
Kristin E. Jakub, Assistant Vice President, Director of Marketing
West Gate Bank
Winner 2007
"Receiving a BBB Integrity Award means a great deal to not only me, but also to the United Way Board of Directors, volunteers and staff that make up this valued organization. We are proud to be recognized for our ethics, integrity, and commitment to the community."
Brian Wachman, Executive Director
United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County
Winner 2008
"The BBB Integrity Award means the most to us. It not only reflects that we are meeting our corporate goals of providing energy and services of superior value and enhancing growth and development of the greater Lincoln area, it also means we have done it honorably, ethically and in a fair and even-handed manner."
Terry Bundy, Administrator and CEO
LES
Winner 2008