Next Step Baltimore, a local professional move manager and downsizing company, was recently named a finalist for the Better Business Bureau 2017 Torch Awards for Ethics. This award, which recognizes outstanding Maryland businesses that intentionally pursue BBB’s six TRUST! Principles, was presented at last night’s harborside event celebrating the organization’s 100th anniversary at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
This annual award is the nonprofit organization’s premier public recognition of businesses that embody BBB’s mission of advancing marketplace trust.
“Sally McCabe’s business philosophy has always been to follow the Golden Rule, treating customers how you would like to be treated with the utmost honesty and integrity. Next Step Baltimore employees are continually trained in ethical practices as dealing with seniors as they transition to their next residence is a vulnerable time. Trust and compassion is paramount. I am truly delighted in recognizing Next Step Baltimore as a finalist in the 2017 Torch Awards for Ethics,” remarked Angie Barnett, president and CEO of BBB.
Barnett continued, “Recognizing all of the Torch Award finalists and winners, while celebrating BBB’s 100 years of service in Maryland, made for a truly inspirational evening. Each Torch Award honoree demonstrates a conviction to make strategic, ethical decisions that cement their relationships with employees, customers, suppliers and their community.”
Nearly 200 business leaders, including members of BBB’s board of directors, attended this milestone event. Maryland Secretary of the Department of Commerce, Mike Gill, presented BBB’s leadership with a Citation from Governor Larry Hogan marking its 100 years of helping Maryland businesses and those who buy from them.
About the 2017 BBB serving Greater Maryland Torch Awards for Ethics
The Torch Awards for Ethics is BBB's premier public recognition of organizations that intentionally pursue six TRUST! Principles. The award embodies the BBB’s mission of advancing marketplace trust.
The entry must illustrate how the business exceeds marketplace standards for ethics and integrity in its relationships with customers, employees, suppliers, peers and the community. A Torch Awards for Ethics application requires the organization to state their beliefs around each section’s criteria, to tell a story about how the beliefs are used, how they improved over time, and demonstrate how they monitor their performance against goals, standards or other benchmarks.
Over eighty organizations completed the initial nomination phase for BBB serving Greater Maryland’s 2017 Torch Awards for Ethics. They were pre-screened, but just twenty one had the fortitude to complete the online application. A panel of judges, which included past winners and members of BBB’s Board and Standards & Compliance Committee, selected only five to receive honors for Greater Maryland’s 2017 Torch Awards for Ethics. For more information about BBB serving Greater Maryland or the Torch Awards for Ethics visit bbb.org/greater-maryland.
About BBB serving Greater Maryland
Headquartered in Baltimore, BBB serving Greater Maryland is a non-profit organization celebrating its 100th year serving the area. BBB is supported by Accredited Businesses that have passed a comprehensive review, met BBB's Standards for Trust and agreed to the organization's Code of Business Practices governing sound advertising, selling and customer service practices that enhance customer trust and confidence in business. For more information please contact your BBB at 410-347-3990 or visit marylandbbb.org.
Better Business Bureau serving Greater Maryland was recently named Best Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Provider according to a poll conducted by The Daily Record.
