Israel Kushnir (second from left), president of the George S. May International Company, accepted the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics from James E. Baumhart, president and CEO of the Chicago Better Business Bureau; Phil Schwarz, awards presenter from ABC-TV in Chicago; and Michael Stanczak, BBB Chairman and CEO of Material Service Corporation.

In accepting the BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, President Israel Kushnir of the George S. May International Company noted that even with ethics policies, procedures and regulations, it is the individual who makes the final ethical decision.

Representatives of companies accepting The Torch Award for their companies in various size categories include (left to right): Chris Perille, corporate communications senior director of William Wrigley, Jr. Company, (Honorable Mention); Roy Spencer, president of Perma-Seal Basement Systems, Inc., (10-99 Employees Category); Mel Bergstein, chairman and CEO of DiamondCluster International, (100-999 Employee Category); Richard Ravin, chairman and CEO of Combined Insurance Company, (7500+ Employees Category); Israel Kushnir, president of George S. May International Company (1,000-7499 Employees Category); Anthony J. LaPelusa, president of LaPelusa Home Improvement Inc. (1-9 Employees Category); Cindy Kujawa, vice president of Focal Communications Corporation (Honorable Mention).

Israel Kushnir, president of the George S. May International Company, discusses the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics with Chicago BBB President and CEO James E. Baumhart and Chicago BBB Chairman of the Board Michael Stanczak, who also is president and CEO of Material Service Corporation.

Attending the BBB Awards Luncheon were (front row left and right) Mrs. Dorothy May Campbell, daughter of Company founder George S. May; and her daughter Mrs. Kerry Jacobs; (back row left to right) Roy Matthews, vice president of finance; Charles E. Black, vice president of operations; James E. Baumhart, president and CEO of the Chicago BBB; Michael Bruening, director of corporate communications; Zal Fink, managing director of HAM division; Joe Okichich, director of client relations; and Israel Kushnir, president.

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