Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence
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The Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence is a U.S. Department of State honor recognizing American companies that demonstrate exemplary corporate citizenship, innovation, and responsible business practices abroad.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (for TOMS) | 1 |
| Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11105825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence Context triple: [Blake Mycoskie, awardReceived, Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence]
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A.
Secretary’s Award for Excellence
The Secretary’s Award for Excellence is a high-level U.S. Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing outstanding individual or team achievements that significantly advance the department’s mission.
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B.
Secretary’s Award for Exceptional Service
The Secretary’s Award for Exceptional Service is a high-level U.S. Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing individuals or teams for outstanding contributions and extraordinary performance in support of the department’s mission.
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C.
Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Service
The Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Service is a high-level U.S. Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing employees who demonstrate exceptional service, dedication, and significant contributions to the department’s mission.
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D.
UN Foundation Global Leadership Award
The UN Foundation Global Leadership Award is an honor presented by the United Nations Foundation to recognize individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to advancing the UN’s mission and addressing global challenges.
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E.
Secretary’s Award for Diversity Management
The Secretary’s Award for Diversity Management is a Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing exceptional leadership and achievement in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the agency’s workforce and programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence Target entity description: The Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence is a U.S. Department of State honor recognizing American companies that demonstrate exemplary corporate citizenship, innovation, and responsible business practices abroad.
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A.
Secretary’s Award for Excellence
The Secretary’s Award for Excellence is a high-level U.S. Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing outstanding individual or team achievements that significantly advance the department’s mission.
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B.
Secretary’s Award for Exceptional Service
The Secretary’s Award for Exceptional Service is a high-level U.S. Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing individuals or teams for outstanding contributions and extraordinary performance in support of the department’s mission.
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C.
Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Service
The Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Service is a high-level U.S. Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing employees who demonstrate exceptional service, dedication, and significant contributions to the department’s mission.
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D.
UN Foundation Global Leadership Award
The UN Foundation Global Leadership Award is an honor presented by the United Nations Foundation to recognize individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to advancing the UN’s mission and addressing global challenges.
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E.
Secretary’s Award for Diversity Management
The Secretary’s Award for Diversity Management is a Department of Homeland Security honor recognizing exceptional leadership and achievement in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the agency’s workforce and programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government award
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business ethics award ⓘ corporate citizenship award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
U.S. Department of State Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
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linked to:
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
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| alsoKnownAs | ACE Award ⓘ |
| awardType | annual award ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| criterion |
corporate citizenship
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environmental stewardship ⓘ good corporate governance ⓘ inclusive economic growth ⓘ innovation in business practices ⓘ labor rights protection ⓘ respect for human rights ⓘ responsible business conduct ⓘ support for local communities ⓘ |
| eligibility |
U.S. companies operating abroad
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majority-owned affiliates of U.S. companies abroad ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
corporate social responsibility
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ethical business practices ⓘ partnerships with local communities abroad ⓘ responsible business conduct in global supply chains ⓘ support for U.S. foreign policy objectives through business conduct ⓘ |
| frequency | annually ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
climate innovation
ⓘ
economic inclusion ⓘ human rights and democracy ⓘ innovation ⓘ sustainable operations ⓘ sustainable supply chains ⓘ women’s economic empowerment ⓘ |
| inception | 1999 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
U.S. Secretary of State
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linked to:
United States Secretary of State
United States Department of State ⓘ |
| purpose |
to highlight innovation in corporate social responsibility by U.S. firms operating internationally
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to honor responsible business practices by U.S. companies overseas ⓘ to recognize American companies that demonstrate exemplary corporate citizenship abroad ⓘ |
| recognizes |
large multinational corporations
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small and medium-sized enterprises ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
U.S. business and human rights policy
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U.S. corporate social responsibility initiatives abroad ⓘ U.S. foreign economic policy ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
nominations submitted by U.S. embassies and consulates
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winners selected by the U.S. Department of State ⓘ |
| website | https://www.state.gov/secretary-of-states-award-for-corporate-excellence/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence Description of subject: The Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence is a U.S. Department of State honor recognizing American companies that demonstrate exemplary corporate citizenship, innovation, and responsible business practices abroad.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mycoskie
linked to: Secretary of State’s Award of Corporate Excellence