March 5
Annual Kirk Englehardt Business Ethics Award and Lecture:
Jeanette Lynton, Founder and CEO, Close to My Heart Corporation
10-10:50 a.m. Regan Theater
Public Reception:
11:00-11:30 a.m., Trustees Suite (SC 213c)
Free and Open to the Public
Jeanette Lynton has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Kirk
Englehardt Business Ethics award - an award given by the Utah Valley State
College Center for the Study of Ethics and its advisory boards. Lynton
will receive the award on March 5 at 10 a.m. in the UVSC Regan Theater.
She will also address the audience on ³Life lessons and Ethical Business
Practices.² A reception will follow at 11 a.m.
As the fourth recipient of the award, Lynton joins past awardees: Professor
Patricia Werhane, endowed chair at University of Virginia and DePaul
University; President of BYU Idaho Kim Clark; and international corporate
business developer Joel Peterson.
Jeanette Lynton is the founder and CEO of Close To My Heart, a scrapbooking
direct sales company based in Pleasant Grove, UT. She started her business
in 1984 with a few ³creative stamps.² From this she has built an exclusive
line of scrapbooking products and books that are sold throughout the U.S.
and Canada.
Numerous awards have been presented to Lynton for her innovative products
and successful business accomplishments. Her most recent award was the Ernst
and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Retail and Distribution area for
Utah.
The Excellence in Business Ethics award is annually presented by the UVSC
President and Board of the Center for the Study of Ethics to an individual
who displays exemplary ethics in their life, both professionally and
personally. ³Exemplary ethics demonstrates a sustained commitment to
understanding the necessity of integrity and humanity in business pursuits.
This individual demonstrates strengthening business ethics through fiscal
responsibility, leadership, civic activity, and personal example,² said
David Keller, Director for the Center for the Study of Ethics. ³We believe
that Jeanette Lynton exemplifies the necessary traits of Excellence in
Business Ethics award,² he added.
The lecture is named after local businessman Kirk R. Englehardt who died of
cancer in 2003. An astute businessman, he was president of Businessman
Planning and Investment Research, Inc. for 24 years, specializing in
securities and retirement investing. He also served during that time as a
lobbyist and spokesperson for the investment industry and testified before
the U.S. Congress. Throughout his life he was known for his integrity,
wisdom, intellect, and commitment to honesty. His wife Elaine, children Rich
and Kellie, and mother Gloria help the Center for the Study of Ethics
sponsor this annual lecture in an effort to promote and strengthen awareness
in business ethics.
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David Richard Keller, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Ethics
Utah Valley State College
801.863.6363
http://davidkeller.us/
