Welcome

If there is a local source in the Rochester area for all things ethical in business, this is it – home of the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation.   

On this site you’ll learn about the variety of events and activities RABEF sponsors:

  • A local business ethics awards program that feeds into a national awards program

  • Lectures, professional presentations and events that offer important information for an ethically run business

  • Community events
     
  • A scholarship program for high school and undergraduate college students majoring in business

  • Links to ethics resources to help businesses and their managers do things the right way

  • Short, timely “must read” essays that spark new approaches to running a business in an ethical manner

While its most public activity is the annual Rochester Business Ethics Award, RABEF - a 501(c)(3) charitable organization - remains active throughout the year, premised on the belief that business ethics is not a once-a-year event but a year-round conversation.    

Again, welcome and have a good, and ethical, day.


If you would like to help support RABEF's efforts as described above, please consider making a tax-deductible donation via Paypal using the secure donation link immediately below.

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Probably the proudest moment we've had in a long time is being the recipient of the Rochester Business Ethics Award...This is really a testament because it dispels preconceived notions out there about what contactors are about. - Ray Isaac, Isaac Heating and Air Conditioning, Democrat & Chronicle, January 19, 2009

 

   



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News and Events

Calendar Change:  The deadline for entries to be submitted for the 2013 ETHIE has been extended to June 1, 2013.

(March 6, 2013) RABEF holds inaugural Honor Roll event 
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(Oct. 8, 2012)  Toddler's Workshop, a 2011 ETHIE recipient, receives national honor: a 2012 American Business Ethics Award 
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Virginia Nacy (center), president of Toddler's Workshop in Webster, receives the ABEA. To the far right, Alan Ziegler, president of the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation.



(Sept. 18, 2012) Recipients of the 2012 Rochester Business Ethics Awards announced today

Three Rochester companies today have been named recipients of a 2012 Rochester Business Ethics Award, now informally known as The ETHIE. The announcement was made at the 10th annual awards luncheon today at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

In the Small-Sized category (less than 50 employees), the ETHIE recipient is Signs Now of Rochester

In the Medium-Sized category (between 50 and 150 employees), the ETHIE recipient is QCI Direct. 

In the Large-Sized category (more than 150 employees), the ETHIE recipient is Klein Steel Service.

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  Watch videos about our three 2012 ETHIE recipients (from top to bottom, Klein, QCI, Signs Now):











(Sept. 18, 2012) Non-Profits now eligible to enter Rochester Business Ethics Awards

Starting with the 2013 Rochester Business Ethics Awards, Rochester-area non-profits are now eligible to enter. Read More

   








   










   

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