Local businesses get attaboys for ethics from the BBB
Good business ethics are good for business, according to Darrell Shortes, owner and president of Raydon Inc.
Raydon was one of three companies announced Tuesday as winners for the Better Business Bureau of Abilene and the Big Country s 2021 Torch Awards for Ethics. You try to instill in your employees and your whole staff the proper manners and respect for dealing with people, Shortes said. If they don t like you, they don t use you, though you may be the best in the business.
His company, which he started in Breckenridge in 1982, will receive the Torch Award in the 11-99 employee category. Most of his 70 or so employees work in Abilene, though several remain in the original Breckenridge office.
Business notebook: Reliant donates $15,000 to food bank
The Texas energy company Reliant recently provided a donation of $15,000 to the Food Bank of West Central Texas as part of a statewide effort to aid communities that were affected by the mid-February winter storms, the company said in a news release Wednesday.
A total of $500,000 will be divided between 18 food banks around the state, which - according to the release - will provide 1.5 million meals to their communities.
The donation is part of a $$3 million commitment from Reliant and its parent company, NRG Energy Inc., for disaster relief and recovery efforts.
“Texas food banks are an essential lifeline to so many in our communities, and the recent winter storm coupled with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made their services even more critical,” said Reliant president Elizabeth Killinger in the release.