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CMA Earns
National Ethics Award
Plano-based Firm Lauded
for its Exemplary Business Values
Plano, TX — In a business climate where disgraced
former CEOs are receiving prison sentences for their
illegal business practices, a Plano, Texas, community
management firm has earned national recognition for
its exemplary business ethics.
RTI/Community Management Associates, Inc., (dba CMA)
announced today that it has been selected as a 2006
recipient of the prestigious American Business Ethics
Award. CMA was honored as a winner of the Greater
Dallas Business Ethics Award earlier this year.
The Society of Financial Service Professional (www.financialpro.org.)
recognizes the ethical corporate behavior of
businesses that can serve as role models for others.
The Society established the American Business Ethics
Award in 1994 to honor and showcase companies that
exemplify high standards of ethical behavior in their
everyday business conduct and in response to specific
crises or challenges.
“CMA’s
core values and the character of our people enable our
company to ‘do the right thing’ as our standard
operating procedure for serving clients,” said Judi
Phares, president and CEO of the company. “It’s a
great honor to be recognized, but earning the trust of
customers is our best measure of success.”
CMA employs a staff of more than 100 at its corporate
headquarters in Plano, Texas, and on site at
properties the company manages in the Dallas, Collin
County, the Mid-Cities and South Texas. Its clients
include a roster of homeowners’ association boards and
developers of more than 160 exclusive residential
communities. The 23-year old company serves
residential and commercial developers and homeowners
associations by managing the administrative and
financial affairs of the non-profit organizations that
govern homeowners’ groups.
Entries for the ABEA award are evaluated by an
independent panel of judges composed of individuals
with expertise in business ethics and are drawn from
the business, academic, public service media and
consulting communities. Winners must demonstrate their
commitment to a corporate code of ethics in their
conduct and communications through an extensive
submission and evaluation process. Past winners have
included large corporations such as Trammell Crow, EDS
and Whirlpool, as well as outstanding small and
mid-size companies in a variety of industries across
the U.S.
CMA, RTI/Community Management Associates, Inc.,
www.cmamanagement.com, provides professional
management services to communities with an outstanding
team of professionals who provide quality service and
are dedicated to excellence in community association
management. Its unparalleled attention to details,
caring attitude and personalized service help clients
to preserve, maintain, and enhance the value of
community assets. Through its involvement at the local
and national levels of industry professional
organizations, CMA has been instrumental in developing
the ethics standards for the industry and an advocate
for continual ethics awareness.
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