This press release just sent out by TR? smacks of reality tv or the sort of thing they slip in as a the 3rd sub plot? into a episode of series 37 of CSI? — not sure what it’s all about to be honest.
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We do actually know what they are saying but not sure we find it entirely ethical — “if it weren’t for us these poor kiddies would still be missing.. but what we’ll do is give an “award” to somebody else as a way of marketing our product”
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Maybe we’re cynical at HOB but this all seems a little self serving? and just a little odd
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http://www.afxnews.com/news_ideas/press_releases/?itemId=512365
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Three customers from Thomson Reuters Risk, Fraud and Investigations business were selected as winners of the first-ever Hero Award for their submissions of compelling success stories brought about through the use of one of Thomson Reuters public records search products: CLEAR, Westlaw PeopleMap or Batch Services. The Hero Award recognizes how these products promote societal good and the rule of law.
Consequently, three charitable donations of $10,000 each will soon be on their way to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Veterans Village of San Diego, given by the Risk, Fraud and Investigations business on behalf of the Vermont Department of Corrections, the global law firm DLA Piper and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
Submissions were sought from April until Aug. 15, 2011, in three areas: government and law enforcement, corporate, and law firm. The prizes will be given in the form of a charitable donation on behalf of each winner to an approved Hero Award-sponsored charity. The winners of the first-ever Hero Award are:
The Vermont Department of Corrections for its use of the CLEAR product to help locate and apprehend a convicted sex offender who had evaded capture for 21 years. The customer?s chosen charity is the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
The San Diego office of the global law firm DLA Piper for its use of Westlaw PeopleMap to provide legal aid to homeless veterans at the Stand Down 2011 event. With assistance of DLA staff, homeless veterans were able to make contact with relatives with whom they?d long been out of touch ? including one man who cried as he spoke to a sister he hadn?t talked to for almost 20 years, and another man who was able to reach a daughter he hadn?t spoken to in over 16 years. Veterans Village of San Diego, the organization responsible for Stand Down, is the selected charity.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for its use of CLEAR to help locate a missing child in New Orleans, eight years after she first disappeared from her home in Las Vegas. The charitable donation will be made to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
?We often hear from customers about the amazing things they accomplish with our public records products, but even we were amazed by the stori es we heard from customers in their submissions for the Hero Award,? says Stephen Rubley, vice pres ident and general manager, Risk and Fraud, Thomson Reuters. ?We?re incredibly proud to present these awards to our customers and to submit on their behalf these donations to the charities of their choice.?
