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Category Archives: CPTNews
Good News – On the Road to Fewer Carbon Emissions
Ethics Matters Q4 2024 Recently published on the Good News Network, U.S. firm Carbon Upcycling Technologies, in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has successfully completed a three-year study on the use of the company’s low-carbon cement in highways. The entities paved a section of a Minnesota road with an experimental low-carbon concrete…
Leading with Integrity: How to Finish and Finish Strong
Ethics Matters Q4 2024 As 2024 ends, it is important that we consider what is needed to finish the year strong, reflect on what we have accomplished and plan for what can be accomplished in the new year. All of this while dealing with the demands of the holidays, taking vacation time before it expires…
2025 CPT Annual Golf Classic
Ethics Matters Q4 2024 The 2025 Center for the Public Trust (CPT) Annual Golf Classic will return to The Hermitage Golf Course in Nashville, TN, on May 13, 2025, for another day of golfing and giving. The event will feature raffle prizes, food, contests and more! Come out and play a round of golf to…
The CPT Thanks You This Holiday Season
Ethics Matters Q4 2024 Happy Holidays from the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT)! Generous donations from our supporters contribute to the empowerment, advancement and promotion of ethical leadership. Because of your support this year, the CPT was able to: Start a new Student Center for the Public Trust Chapter (StudentCPT) and lay the…
StudentCPT Tier System
Ethics Matters Q3 2024 Since its inception, the Student Center for the Public Trust (StudentCPT) programming model has focused heavily on Chapter Performance Levels where StudentCPT Chapters were classified into three levels: Developing Chapters, Star Chapters and Golden Star Chapters. The primary goal of the performance levels was for all chapters to progress through each…
Sedrik Newbern Appointed to WKU Alumni Association Board of Directors
Ethics Matters Q3 2024 NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) President Sedrik Newbern was recently appointed to serve as president of the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Alumni Association Board of Directors. WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Members of the Board elect individuals to the leadership role annually to support and develop the…
Good News: National Park Foundation Receives Historic Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Ethics Matters Q3 2024 The National Park Foundation (NPF) recently announced that it received a historic $100 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. This grant is the largest ever received by NPF and the largest grant benefiting national parks. Will Shafroth, President and CEO of NPF said, “for over 50 years, private philanthropy has played…
Meet the CPT
Ethics Matters Q3 2024 NASBA President and CEO Daniel Dustin, CPA, recently named Sedrik Newbern to serve as the president of the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT), effective August 1, 2024. As CPT president, Newbern will manage the day-to-day operations of the non-profit ethics and leadership organization along with the growing number of…
Lead with Integrity: Vision for the Future of the CPT
Ethics Matters Q3 2024 On August 1, I joined the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) as president and NASBA as chief ethics officer. This came after I previously held the title of operations director and then consultant to the CPT for the last three years while I was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Western Kentucky…
2024 CPT Golf Classic
Ethics Matters Q3 2024 The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) held its annual Golf Classic on July 15 at Hermitage Golf Course in Old HIckory, TN. NASBA staff, friends and family gathered to participate in the tournament to help raise funds for the Student Center for the Public Trust (StudentCPT). The StudentCPT serves…