Bill Daniels Ethical Leadership Award
The Bill Daniels Ethical Leadership Award was conceived in the fall of 2016 at an early-morning meeting at Turtle Rock Café in Laramie. Meeting participants from the UW College of Business and the Wyoming Business Alliance/Heritage Foundation determined it was time for Wyoming to honor citizens who embody the ethical leadership principles exhibited by Bill Daniels, a cable-television pioneer who started his professional career in Casper, Wyoming. The meeting participants took their concept to the Daniels Fund as well as their respective organizations and in a matter of a few short weeks, the Bill Daniels Ethical Leadership Award became a reality.
- 2017 - Dave Bonner
- 2018 - Attorney Greg Dyekman
- 2020 - Tucker Fagan
- 2022 - Eli Bebout
- 2024 - Chief Justice Marilyn Kite
Keiji G. and Shirley S. Okano Memorial Award for Ethical Leadership
The Keiji G. and Shirley S. Okano Memorial Award for Ethical Leadership - This award is accompanied by a scholarship grant to a student enrolled in the College of Business at the University of Wyoming. To be eligible for this scholarship award, the student must be a member of the student-based ethics program and must have a 3.0 grade point average or higher. The recipient will be selected during the spring semester by the Bill Daniels Chair of Business Ethics, the Director of the Center for Principle-Based Leadership and Ethics, and a faculty member in the Principle-Based Leadership and Ethics program. The student receiving this award will be recognized during the Annual College of Business Recognition Dinner.
- 2022 - Tucker Norman
- 2023 - McKenna Kail
- 2024 - Sarah Drewry
Campus Being a Difference Award
The NASBA Student Center for the Public Trust (StudentCPT) provides an interactive environment where ethical business behaviors and ideas can flourish on college campuses. Each school year, the StudentCPT will honor one student and one faculty member on each chapter’s campus who positively impacts the school by displaying strong, ethical leadership.
Campus Being a Difference Award recipients do not simply aspire to make a difference – they are being a difference on their campus and in other endeavors by embodying the best in ethical behavior, integrity, and leadership.
Teacher Recipients
2016-2017
Penny Ainsworth
2017-2018
Kent Noble
2018-2019
Chase Thiel
2019-2020
Kimberley Frith
2020-2021
Molly Burchett
2021-2022
Eric Krszjzaniek
2022 - 2023
Greg Livingston
2023 - 2024
Chris Haller
Student Recipients
2016-2017
Matthew Schlanger
2017-2018
Skyler Snodgrass
2018-2019
Ryne Grossnickle
2019-2020
Kenna Noble
2020-2021
Troy Cassity
2021-2022
Tucker Norman
2022-2023
Ellie Keeler
2023-2024
McKenna Kail
BBB Torch Awards
The BBB Torch Awards for Ethics honors organizations whose leaders demonstrate a high level of personal character; ensure that the organization's practices meet the highest standards of ethics; and consequently, generate trust with its customers and the community. The program not only promotes the importance of building trust, but also celebrates the willingness and efforts made by outstanding organizations to help contribute to an honorable marketplace.
2020
Business Category - Elder Construction, Windsor, CO
Business Category - Exodus Moving and Storage, Fort Collins, CO
Business Category - Neenan Archistruction, Fort Collins, CO
Nonprofit Category - The Matthews House, Fort Collins, CO
2021
Business Category - Blue Federal Credit Union, Cheyenne, WY
Business Category - Coffey Engineering and Surveying, Laramie, WY
Business Category - Spine and Injury Clinic of Laramie, Laramie, WY
Nonprofit Category - Animal Friends Alliance, Fort Collins, CO
2022
Business Category - Kittle Real Estate
Business Category - Snaptron
Nonprofit Category - Neighbor to Neighbor
2023
Business Category - Ditesco Project & Construction Services
Business Category - Lindgren Landscape
Business Category - Palmer Flowers
Nonprofit Category - Dementia Together
2024
Business Category - Breeze Thru Car Wash
Business Category - High Country Beverage
Business Category - Kennon Products
Business Category - Journey Payroll & HR
Nonprofit Category - Life Stories & Child Advocacy
Wyoming Business Hall of Fame
Created in 2013, the Wyoming Business Hall of Fame recognizes business and industry leaders who have demonstrated substantial business merit while making a virtuous impact on their community. The Wyoming Business Hall of Fame Award is a joint venture among the Daniels Fund, the University of Wyoming College of Business, Wyoming Business Council, and the Wyoming Business Alliance/Wyoming Heritage Foundation.
2019
Contemporary/Visionary – Kelly Lockhart
Legacy – Howard Woody
Legacy – Neil “Mick” McMurry (Casper)
Contemporary – Mike Wandler
2021
Legacy – Dr. Ray Fleming Dinneen
Legacy – Senator Mike Enzi
2023
Legacy – W. Richard Scarlett III
Legacy – Jim Mathis
Ellbogen 50k Ethics Award
Finalists competing in the John P. Ellbogen $50k Entrepreneurship Competition may be considered for the Ethical Startup Award by submitting a strategy for creating an ethical culture within their organization. The proposal incorporates the use of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Principles as the centerpiece of the plan.
2019 - Torch Creamery
2020 - Build Mothers, Build the World
2021 - LifeGlass
2022 - Carving the Future
2023 - MC Care
2024 - O3
2025 - Prene Outdoors
