Important Dates for 2025

• Nominations Close: May 1, 2025

• Nominee Introduction Meeting: May 15, 2025

• Deadline for Applications August 1, 2025

• Business Ethics Awards Luncheon Thursday, November 20, 2025

LARGE BUSINESS HONOREE
Anywhere, anytime, always. These three words represent the mission for associates at AAA Western and Central New York where ethical behavior is practiced because it’s the right thing to do. That belief is embedded in the AAA culture—from the CEO to the front lines. This is not only when a crisis arises, but always when helping others.

MID-SIZED BUSINESS HONOREE

Glen Park Tavern is proud to be a family-run business serving the community for over 25 years. Its mission has always been to create a welcoming space where relationships are built on trust, kindness and great food. The belief is an ethical business isn’t just providing good service or quality food; it’s about how people are treated.

SMALL BUSINESS HONOREE
Founded in 1986 by Thomas Sciortino Jr., Total Automotive represents ethical business practices in Western New York’s automotive industry. With a focus on integrity and transparency, their commitment to providing exceptional service to individual vehicle owners and commercial clients is unwavering.

SMALL BUSINESS HONOREE

dPost is a content creation company, producing visuals ranging from social to cinema. In addition to video and film, the firm’s writers, producers, editors and animators also help companies differentiate themselves with strategic branding initiatives, both locally and across the country.

MID-SIZED BUSINESS HONOREE

E-Z Loan Auto Sales, Inc. has been the premier “Buy Here Pay Here” dealership in WNY since 2001 with locations in Buffalo, Lockport, and Niagara Falls.

MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS HONOREE

Kelton Enterprises, LLC, established in 1999, is comprised of 37 Tim Hortons restaurants across WNY. It is the largest franchisee of Tim Hortons in New York State.

LARGE BUSINESS HONOREE
Established in 1990, Buffalo Rehab Group is a 13-location, privately owned Physical and Occupational Therapy provider that employs and supports over 200 team members and their families. Committed to serving its patients, team members, and community, Buffalo Rehab Group has always leaned heavily on its mission, purpose, and values as its ‘North Star’ – guiding them the right way.

MID_SIZED BUSINESS HONOREE
SoPark Corporation is a Minority Woman-Owned corporation offering a “Total Electronics Solution.” They are Upstate New York’s largest electronics manufacturing service supplying medical device and high-tech original equipment manufacturers with circuit board, electromechanical and custom cable assemblies, as well as design for manufacturing services.

SMALL BUSINESS HONOREE
Kraftwerks’ business ethics encompass a culture where the executive management team and employees all fulfill their commitment to ethical business standards. These principal values run throughout and hold the team together.

LARGE BUSINESS HONOREE

From its origin as Buffalo City Hospital to E.J. Meyer Memorial to today’s ECMCC, one guiding factor remains the mission cornerstone: to provide every patient the highest quality of care delivered with compassion.

SMALL BUSINESS HONOREE

SERVPRO of The Southtowns and SERVPRO of West Seneca/Lancaster have spent the past 26 years refining their ethical approach to the restoration business.

MID-SIZED BUSINESS HONOREE

Niagara Metals is a full-service scrap metal recycling company operating five facilities servicing industries and individuals in Western New York and Southern Ontario. The staff prides itself on providing outstanding customer service. The company would not succeed without its dedicated workforce.

The awards were announced during a WBEN Radio 930 live broadcast on Thursday, November 18, 2021. Presentation of Business Ethics Association Buffalo Niagara’s annual awards highlights the importance of ethical behavior by celebrating companies that consistently demonstrate ethical conduct in everything they do—particularly during these challenging times for business. The 2021 Business Ethics Awards honorees for business ethics are: