Steve Dohney, president of the Dohney Oil Corp., has something that seems to be sorely lacking in most of corporate America these days: a values base that puts “the people” above profits. This comes under the “Peace as Social Justice” category.

After 49 years of being an ExxonMobil (EM) franchise, Steve and company had simply had enough of ExxonMobil's mentality. In their own words they were “...embarrassed to be associated with a company that makes excessively exorbitant profits (most recently $45.2 billion in 2008) at the expense of the average American consumer.”

Doesn't get any clearer (or cleaner) than that. I can't say “Hallelujah” loud enough or long enough.

Dohney purchases the same quality of petroleum products (known as “unbranded”) as EM sold to them, but now they do not have to pay the premium price charged by EM and neither do you. Dohney thinks it is good business practice to offer a competitive price to their customers (imagine that from an oil company – now if we could only get that from the health insurance companies).

As if offering a product with the financial welfare of the consumer in mind was not enough, they do good works, too. Steve helps to train Labrador retrievers as guide dogs for people who are blind, and if the dogs don't quite make the cut, he finds homes for them.

They are more than happy to help you inflate your tires, too.

If I didn't know better, I'd say there was a halo around their service stations, which are located on Rt. 50 in Ballston Spa and Broad Street in Glens Falls.

I think you get brownie points with God for supporting businesses like Doheny's, and those points don't expire after two months.