Business Partners

1) We will serve our business partners with integrity, competence, and objectivity.

2) We will keep business partner information and records of engagements confidential and will use proprietary business partner information only with the business partner's permission.

3) We will not take advantage of confidential business partner information for ourselves or our firm.

4) We will not allow conflicts of interest which provide a competitive advantage to one business partner through our use of confidential information from another business partner who is a direct competitor without that competitor's permission.

Engagements

1) We will accept only engagements for which we are qualified by our expertise and competence.

2) We will assign staff to business partner engagements in accord with their experience, knowledge, and expertise. We will not propose staff assignments of our team members who are not reasonably available at the time of the proposal. 

3) We will immediately acknowledge any influences on our objectivity to our business partners and will offer to withdraw from a consulting engagement when our objectivity or integrity may be impaired.

Fees

1) We will agree independently and in advance on the basis for our fees and expenses and will charge fees and expenses that are transparent, reasonable, legitimate, and commensurate with the services and value we deliver and the responsibility we accept.

2) We do not accept commissions for any equipment, supplies, or services we recommend to our business partners. 

Profession

1) We will respect the intellectual property rights of our business partners, other consulting firms, and sole practitioners and will not use proprietary information or methodologies without permission.

2) We will not advertise our services in a deceptive manner and will not misrepresent the consulting profession, consulting firms, or sole practitioners.