The Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau serving Southwest Idaho and Eastern Oregon developed Integrity Counts! in 1997. The purpose is to recognize businesses in our surrounding communities for demonstrating a commitment to integrity and ethical business practices. Since the inception of the program over 456 companies have been nominated from within our communities.
The program begins each year in early spring with a nomination process that calls out to our communities from Ontario to Twin Falls, up to Sun Valley and New Meadows. We place nomination forms in various locations across our service area for individuals to pick up and encourage our communities to look for these forms via television PSA's and distribution through local business publications, in addition to calling the BBB or visiting our web site at www.boise.bbb.org.
Individuals nominate companies that exemplify high ethical standards. For those nominees that would like to participate, an independent panel of volunteer judges will review the materials and determine five companies to be recipients of the Integrity Counts! business honors award.
Ultimately, Integrity Counts! closes each year with an elaborate awards banquet to honor all those companies involved with the program. This year it will be held on September 26, 2009 at Northwest Nazarene University - Johnson Sports Center. We encourage you mark your calendar and attend. It is the goal of the Better Business Bureau to recognize several companies each year for making integrity important criteria in their business. We invite you to be an active part of the program this year and in many years to come.