ARTICLE I
Relations With Employers
1. Information provided to employers shall be the
most accurate information known to the search firm.
2. No search firm
shall withhold candidate information which the employer would
reasonably consider essential to its hiring decision.
3. Candidates shall
be referred only (i) with the prior authorization of the employer,
or (ii) where the search firm, based on previous direct
communications with the employer, reasonably believes the employer
would accept the referral.
4. Confidential
information relating to the employer shall be treated accordingly.
5. Fee obligations
and replacement and refund provisions, if any, shall be provided to
the employer prior to the referral of candidates.
6. No search firm
shall recruit any attorney from the office of an employer in which
it has made a placement for a six-month period following that
placement, unless the search firm reasonably believes such a
restriction is not required by the employer.
7. No search firm
shall recruit a candidate it has placed while the candidate remains
with the employer that paid the recruiting fee.
ARTICLE II
Relations With Candidates
1. Information provided to candidates shall be the
most accurate information known to the search firm.
2. No search firm
shall withhold employer information which a candidate would
reasonably consider essential to his or her hiring decision, subject
to the search firms duties to the employer.
3. Candidates shall
be referred to employers only with the candidate's express prior
consent.
4. A search firm
shall treat as confidential all information supplied to it in
confidence by a candidate, subject to the search firms duties to the
employer.
5. Search firms shall
make all referrals which have been authorized by the candidate and
shall inform the candidate of the results of those referrals in a
timely manner.
6. No search firm
shall at tempt to exert undue influence on the candidate.
ARTICLE III
Relations Among Members
1. Members of this Association shall relate to each
other in a professional and ethical manner consistent with the goals
of this Association.
2. While competition
among search firms is encouraged, no member shall seek an unfair
advantage against its competitors.
3. Except for
fee-sharing agreements between search firms, no member shall make
payments of any kind to gain business referrals or to induce others
into a relationship as a client or candidate.
4. Members shall
recognize and not interfere with referrals made by other search
firms.
5. Members are
strongly encouraged to bring to the attention of the Association any
violations of this Code.
ARTICLE IV
General
1. No member of this Association shall engage in any
action which might bring the Association, its members or the legal
search profession into disrepute.
2. No search firm
shall withhold employer information which a candidate would
reasonably consider essential to his or her hiring decision, subject
to the search firm's duties to the employer.
3. No member shall
discriminate in the provision of its services on the basis of race,
creed, color, national origin, religion, sex, marital status,
handicap, age or any other legally proscribed criteria.
4. Complaints under
this Code shall be in writing, signed by the initiating party and
filed with the President of the Association.
5. Members shall
cooperate with the Association's investigation of alleged violations
of this Code and shall abide by its decisions.
6. Sanctions for
violation of this Code, which include censure, suspension and
expulsion from the Association, as well as procedures for hearings
and appeals, are provided for in the Association's Bylaws.
7. This Code
neither supersedes nor replaces the requirements of local, state, or
federal laws.
