Nominations for the 2020 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, the Better Business Bureau’s most prestigious award, will be accepted through Oct. 9. Five winners will be named, based on the companies’ number of employees.

Businesses must be located in northern Illinois. Recent winners include Mancuso Motorsports in Chicago and Advantage Chevrolet of Bolingbrook.

 

 Judges will evaluate the entrants using five criteria:

 

• Leadership Commitment to Ethical Practices

• Communication of Ethical Practices

• Leadership Practices to Unify the Organization

• Organizational Commitment to Performance Management Practices

• Organizational Commitment to Ethical Human Resource Practices

 

Full details are on a BBB webpage, https://www.bbb.org/chicago/torch-awards/online-entry-form/