Business with Purpose Awards
Honoring local companies and individuals who have exemplified integrity and purpose through practice.
The annual Business with Purpose Awards is sponsored by the Hilton and Sallie Dean Institute for Corporate Governance & Integrity at Lipscomb University and honors local companies and individuals who have distinguished themselves through business practices based on integrity and purpose.
A luncheon is held in honor of the year's finalists and winners, with sponsorship proceeds supporting student scholarships at Lipscomb University, the work of the Center for the Public Trust and its Student Chapters, the work of the Dean Institute around the world in encouraging companies, both large and small, to develop cultures of integrity and to use the current best practices of good corporate governance.
Hundreds of executives, community leaders and students attend the event, featuring a well-known guest speaker.
Accepting Nominations
The Dean Institute at Lipscomb University began the Business with Purpose awards as a means of identifying the best of the best leaders and Nashville companies, both for profit and nonprofit entities. The awards are based on demonstrated individual and company/organization leadership using best practices of good corporate governance and creating cultures of high integrity. The awards have also recognized individuals and organizations that have shown significant commitments to community service and to corporate social responsibility.
Nominations are accepted from the community at large and a committee of business leaders then researched each nominee in order to determine the finalists. The eventual award winner in each category was selected from among the finalists. In each case, if a committee member had a conflict of interest with a nominee, he or she recused himself or herself from the consideration process.
Nominations
To submit a nomination, email aalexander [at] thecpt.org and include a brief statement to support your reasons for making the nomination. Nominees should have distinguished themselves as organizations or individuals with high integrity and a history of outstanding community service.
Criteria For Selection
Leadership Awards Category:
This category will recognize individuals for outstanding leadership in the fields of governance, ethics and community service. Senior leaders of public and private companies, for profit and nonprofit, may be nominated. Selections will be made by the awards committee based on information submitted with the nomination and interviews as well as due diligence by the committee.
Company and Individual Awards Category:
Selection Criteria and Percentage Weighting (Total Potential Points: 100):
- Corporate Citizenship: 15 pts.
- Employee Engagement: 15 pts.
- Ethical Culture: 15 pts.
- Ethics and Compliance Systems: 15 pts.
- Governance: 15 pts.
- Reputation and Stakeholder Value: 15 pts.
- Site Visit by Committee: 10 pts.