Ginni M. Rometty, president and CEO of IBM, center, receives an Appeal of Conscience Award from Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president and founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, left, and Peter G. Peterson, right, at the Appeal of Conscience Foundation Awards, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. (Photo/Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Stuart Ramson)