The Company:
CODE OF ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Purposes of the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice

The Code of Ethics and Professional Practice signifies voluntary assumption by members of the obligation of self-discipline above and beyond requirements of law. The code signifies association management companies commitment to maintain high level of ethics, public service and professional conduct - and to declare that, in return for the faith placed in them, they accept an obligation to conduct their business in a manner that will be beneficial to clients, potential clients, colleagues, members of allied professions and the public.

The code, developed by IAMC in 1963, gives clients a basis for confidence that association management companies will serve them in accordance with exemplary standards of competence, objectivity and integrity.

The Professional Obligation

The reliance of association leaders on the leadership and counsel association management companies imposes on the industry an obligation to maintain high standards of integrity and competence. To this end, association management companies accept the responsibility:

• to place the interests of clients and prospective clients ahead of their own;
• to maintain independence of thought and action;
• to hold the affairs of clients in strict confidence;
• to strive to improve the professional skills of their staffs;
• to observe and advance professional standards of association management;
• to uphold the honour and dignity of the industry; and
• to accept from staff members no less than the highest standards of professional conduct.

* Taylor Enterprises abides by the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice of the IAMC. Joan Milne, President of Taylor Enterprises, has served in various capacities on the Board of Directors of IAMC.