Mission
“To promote and foster ethical relationships within our community.”
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About Us
The BBB Education Foundation is a non-profit organization, 501(c)3 with the IRS. All donations are tax-deductible.
Since 1912, the BBB has fostered ethical marketplace conduct between businesses and consumers. Now our Education Foundation is spreading the message of business and consumer ethics to schools and senior and community centers. But we can’t do it alone.
We urge you to donate to the Education Foundation today. You can help us make a measurable difference by supporting the kind of innovation that helps prepare area teens for the rest of their lives. Will you?
Programs:
Within Reason: Making a Measurable Difference
See What Students Are Saying About Within Reason
“When we went over the scenarios, it made me realize that having good character matters.”
— sophomore, White Sulphur Springs High School
Why Are Ethics Important?
In December 2008, the Josephson Institute* surveyed nearly 30,000 U.S. high school students:
Ø 30% of the teenagers admitting to stealing within the past year.
Ø 36% have plagiarized a paper from the Internet.
Ø 42% of teenagers sometimes lie to save money.
Ø 64% have cheated on a test during the past year.
These kids are our future business leaders, employees, and consumers. If they’re not exposed to ethics training, our future marketplace could become even worse than it is today. And by the way, 93% of the kids in the survey above said they were “satisfied” with their personal ethics.
How Does Within Reason Work?
Senior Scam Prevention
Educates seniors about fake lotteries and sweepstakes, plus scams including but not limited to: phony grandchildren, Medicare, medical discount cards, home security systems and other schemes which may target the elderly.
2009 presentations included:
The United Blind of Spokane
AARP
Catholic Charities’ Foster Grandparents program
Various senior centers
We also co-presented with the Washington State Attorney General’s Office, and the Idaho Fraud Awareness Coalition.
Ethics in Action
Expanding The Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics to a broader region of our service area.
To donate via US Mail:
BBB Education Foundation
152 S. Jefferson Ste. 200
Spokane, WA 99201
Contact: Holly Doering at hdoering@spokane.bbb.org or call 509 232-0531.
*Statistics derived from survey published by The Josephson Institute: http://josephsoninstitute.org/ and reported in various newspapers around the U.S.