Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest (BBB) proudly awarded five scholarships to high school students for their winning essays on “The Importance of Character and Ethics.” Held annually, the contest encourages students to share a personal experience about doing the right thing when they face an ethical dilemma.
2023 Ethical Torch Essay Scholarship Winners:
- First Place of $1,500: Olivia Ngo from Mira Mesa High School
- Second Place of $1,250: Maryam Mohamed from Hoover High School
- Third Place of $1,000: Pablo Mora from Chula Vista Learning Community Charter High School
- Fourth Place of $750: Dariel Lucio from San Ysidro High School
- Fifth Place of $500: Jillian Rudolph from El Capitan High School
First place winner Olivia Ngo shared that she declined to help a coworker who wanted her to clock in for his shift when he wasn’t in the mood to come to work.
“Ultimately, I am proud of my decision to defend honest work that night. Although it may have only been one dinner shift at a restaurant, it was an honest and right choice to make,” said Ngo.
To learn more about the Ethical Torch Essay Scholarship program, and read the full winning essay, visit torchessay.bbbcommunity.org. Applications for next year’s scholarship will open on January 1, 2024.
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About Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest.
Better Business Bureau has empowered people to find businesses, brands, and charities they can trust for more than 110 years. In 2022, people turned to BBB more than 250 million times for BBB Business Profiles on more than 5.3 million businesses and Charity Reports on about 12,000 charities, all available for free at BBB.org. The International Association of Better Business Bureaus is the umbrella organization for the local, independent BBBs in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Incorporated locally in 1938, BBB Serving the Pacific Southwest serves Greater Arizona and Southern California, providing critical tools to ignite success including mentorship, online products, coworking and access to capital. Our objective expertise educates the community on ethical behavior in the marketplace and how businesses can build trust.
