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1) The Association:

• Established to provide and promote leadership and support for the commercial contract management profession.
• Upholds and encourages the highest standards in professional and personal behavior.
• Promotes active learning and personal development and the sharing of best practice.
• Represents and interacts with its members with respect, dignity and in a timely manner.
• Uses members' data for the sole purpose of the Association and to further the interests of the membership.
• Does not sell members' data to third parties and or release such data to third parties without the members' express knowledge.
• Works with suppliers of contract and commercial management products and services in a non-partisan, neutral and objective manner.

2) The Members: (all IACCM members no matter what type of membership)

• Behave and work with the highest standards of integrity, complying with the letter and spirit of the law and in a way that will not cause the profession or the Association to be brought into disrepute.
• Use every opportunity to further the profession through individual contribution, team or functional leadership and participation in the Association.
• Meet their obligations to the Association and fellow members, including respect for privacy and personal information.
• Make appropriate use of knowledge or information resulting from Association Membership.
• Protect the intellectual property of the Association and ensure its use in an approved manner.
• Protect User Logins and Passwords and keeping them personal by not sharing them with others recognizing that membership is personal, even if part of a corporate membership, and that each individual is responsible for the appropriate use of their account.
• Accept and abide by the IACCM Code of conduct and report any members who are not in accordance with the Code.

3) Vendor Members: (All IACCM Vendor members regardless of type of membership)

• In addition to the above, vendor members are not permitted to access any member databases and will not directly contact members unless approved or initiated by the member, or utilize IACCM events for solicitation purposes.

4) Guidance and Complaints:

• Guidance should be sought from the member's line manager, senior colleague, professional peer, IACCM Staff, IACCM Advisory Board member or IACCM Director in the event that there is uncertainty as to the appropriateness of any action or activity.
• Any action that is contrary to the IACCM Code should be reported immediately to the Association via IACCM Staff, IACCM Board members or directly to the IACCM Ethics and Audit Committee.

5) Consequences:

The Association may at its sole discretion:

• Revoke membership, individual, corporate or vendor, and/or certification as a result of any individual being found to have breached the IACCM code
• Revoke certification of anyone found to have achieved certification based on false information
• Revoke membership, individual, corporate or vendor, and/or certification, and/or suspend or terminate access to the members only area of the Association web site as a result of any individual sharing their user id and password.

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