[November 11, 2009] Dawnbreaker combined the honor of winning a Rochester Business Ethics Award with the celebration of the commissioning of the USS New York, the LPD 21, commissioned in New York City on November 7th, 2009.
The Rochester Business Ethics Award is a regional annual award program that recognizes local companies that exemplify high standards of ethical behavior in their everyday business practices and in response to crises or challenges. It was a great honor for the Dawnbreaker team to win this prestigious award. An independent panel of judges based its decision on published criteria that includes executive commitment to business ethics, company ethics program, conflict resolution procedures, demonstration of sound ethical business practices, and demonstration of good corporate citizenship.
To celebrate this honor, Dawnbreaker’s Board of Directors provided employees with a trip to New York City to see the USS New York as a fitting memento. “The USS NEW YORK (LPD-21) has a special mission in the war on terror. Her bow, forged from steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, embodies the strength and determination of the people of the United States: to recover, to rally, to take the fight to the enemy. The formal shipboard commissioning not only honors the memory of those who perished and those who survived the attacks, it will forge an enduring alliance between the people of New York and the ship and her crew.
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