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.
