The Democrat and Chronicle reports today that the Rochester Business Ethics Award committee has named Kent Gardner, president and chief economist of the Center for Governmental Research, as a new judge for the competition. Mr. Gardner was a lead moderator of the Catholic schools closure task force.Considering that Mr. Gardner does not support full disclosure of the Diocesan task force's report on the recommended school closings, despite its impact on thousands of local families and hundreds of teachers, is he qualified to serve as a judge of other organizations' ethics? Let the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation know what you think. E-mail them at sfsp@riversorg.com, or visit the Foundation comment page.
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We are very surprised to hear that Kent Gardner was named to judge companies ethics considering he has not supported disclosing all the facts surrounding the closing of more than 1/2 the areas Catholic schools! How ethical is not involving all the stakeholders in the process nor publishing the criteria and data used? How ethical is it to moderate a group to a decision which has negatively impacted the community, especially children and teachers, when other more progressive, innovative solutions are available?! I guess we'll never know, Mr. Gardner is mum.
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