Greater Prairie Business Consulting, Inc. was honored by being named a finalist for the BBB's Torch Award for Ethics for the North Texas Region in the 2019 Dallas Business Journal's Book of Lists.

James J. Talerico, Jr., CEO & Founder of Greater Prairie Business Consulting, Inc. points to his many on-line testimonials over his twenty year career as a management consultant, his status as a Certified Management Consulting, (CMC) © and his nationally syndicated Bloomberg Talk Radio interview on the Price of Business radio show last summer about "ways small businesses can improve their focus on ethics" as reasons for being selected as a finalist for the BBB's 2019 Torch Award for Ethics. 

A tape of his radio interview about how small business owners can improve their focus on ethics is available on the Price of Business website (www.priceofbusiness.com). Mr. Talerico also wrote an article summarizing the ideas in this broadcast which he published on his LinkedIn page at (www.linkedin.com/in/jamesjtalericcojr).  Some of James J. Talerico, Jr.'s ideas about ways small business owners can improve their focus on ethics, include:

• Becoming an accredited business by joining the Better Business Bureau;
• Developing a code of ethics for the small business that reflects its' unique ethical challenges;
• Training new employees about ethical issues during the company's on-boarding process; 
• Creating a chief ethics officer and/or ethics committee to help govern day-to-day ethics; and
• Incorporating a focus on ethics into the business' systems, procedures, and controls.

James J. Talerico, Jr. is currently creating a course about how small business owners can strengthen their focus on ethics that will be available later this year.

The Certified Management Consultant (CMC) © mark is awarded by the Institute of Management Consultants USA and represents evidence of the highest standards of consulting, a commitment to continuous professional development, and an adherence to the ethical canons of the profession.

Parties interested in learning more about how to improve their small business' focus on ethics are encouraged to contact James J. Talerico, Jr. at 1-800-828-7585. To learn more about Greater Prairie Business Consulting, Inc., go to: www.greaterprairiebusinessconsulting.com.