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The American Foundation of Counseling Services has announced the winners of the 2009 Ethics in Business Awards, which will be presented at the KI Center in Green Bay Nov. 12.

Innovative Services, Inc. will be presented with an award in the not-for-profit category. ISI is a non-profit organization committed to flexible, accessible and family-centered supports and services that honor the dignity, respect the rights and maximize the potential of each individual.These supports include vocational programs, Adult Family Homes, Community-Based Residential Facilities, Supportive Home Care, Supportive Apartment Programs, Supplemental Support Services and Youth and Family Services. Although ISI’s operations began in Green Bay, the organization has grown to support individuals in Outagamie, Waupaca, Sheboygan and Kewaunee counties as well.

Nsight/Cellcom will be presented with an award in the business category. Nsight/Cellcom, led by brothers Patrick and Robert Riordan, is a wireless phone company that upholds hometown values and a commitment to community outreach, the environment and public service. Nsight has its roots in providing quality local telephone service through Northeast Telephone Company in Pulaski. The company has stretched beyond any vision its founders could have imagined by becoming a major telecommunications entity in the Upper Midwest. The subsidiary companies under the Nsight name include: Cellcom, Nsight Telservices, Bayland Telephone and St. Paul Tower.

Connie Greenawald will be presented with an award in the individual category. Greenawald is the Development and Communications Director at The Einstein Project in Green Bay. Her current volunteer commitments include being a citizen advocate for Kate Parizek, an individual with special needs, and serving on the board of directors for the Cystic Fibrosis “65 Roses Sports Club” and on the marketing and the Murder Mystery fundraising committees of American Foundation of Counseling Services. She has also served as a Volunteer Center “celebrity waiter” ASPIRO Citizen Advocacy Advisory Committee chair, vice president of the board of the Wisconsin Federated Humane Societies, stints on the Leadership Green Bay Alumni Network/Membership committee and the Appleton Great Strides CF Walk committee.

The awards will be presented at a luncheon event at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay Thursday, Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. The keynote speaker for the event will be John Ackerman, co-founder and current president of the New Mexico Ethics Alliance. Bill Jartz of WBAY-TV (channel 2) will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Green Bay Packaging will serve as Presenting Sponsor of the event.

Tickets are available for $45 per person or $400 for a table of 10. To order tickets, contact Annah Dugan, (920) 437-8256, aholstead@afcscounseling.org. For more information, visit www.americanfoundationonline.com.

The American Foundation of Counseling Services (AFCS) founded and is hosting the Ethics in Business Awards to foster a climate of ethical integrity in northeast Wisconsin, to heighten awareness of AFCS within the business community and to raise funds for AFCS’s healing work.

Other events planned to promote a climate of ethical integrity are the following:

• St. Norbert College Ethics Workshop at St. Norbert’s Bemis International Center Friday, Nov. 13 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Ackerman will present “Integrating Ethics into Organizational Culture.” Cost is $60 which includes breakfast at 7:30 a.m., and $30 if also registered for the Ethics in Business Awards Luncheon.
• Brown County Executive Tom Hinz and Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt will proclaim Nov. 12 as Good Ethics Day.
• Hinz will host the “County Executives Forum on Ethics in Government” with area mayors and student government leaders. For more information contact Scott Matejoy at Schmitt’s office, (920) 448-3005.
• Junior Achievement of Wisconsin will host “Excellence through Ethics, Ethics in Action Day” sponsored by UnitedHealthcare Nov. 12. Executives across the state will convey the message with young people that responsible, ethical behavior is the cornerstone of the American free enterprise system. In Green Bay, local CEOs will be visiting high school classrooms to speak to students about ethics in the workplace. For more information, contact Laura Bilotti at Junior Achievement, (920) 437-2444.
• The Future Leaders Essay Contest will be an opportunity for a college-bound senior of East High School to compete for a $1,000 scholarship by writing and submitting an essay on a topic concerning ethics in business. The topic selected for 2009 is File Sharing.