Code of Ethics
CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS
Membership in the Rainbow Business and Professional Association is your opportunity to recognize, promote and improve LGBT business in Maine. To that end, members should make every effort to uphold these standards of business conduct and ethics. A member should:
- Conduct business with honesty, integrity and fairness with respect to customers, clients and employees alike.
- Not discriminate on account of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital or familial status.
- Be responsible at all times for truthful and non-deceptive advertising and promotion regarding their business and its products or services.
- Not use or condone advertising which is untrue, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, falsely disparaging of competitors, or which contains insincere offers to sell. This includes advertising that, as a whole, may be misleading or result in misrepresentation by direct statement, inference or omission.
- Conduct business with strict adherence to the laws of the State of Maine and to the business or professional code existent for the member's business or profession, and in accordance with generally accepted business practices.
- Be accessible and accountable to customers or clients, and make every reasonable effort to act in the customers or client’s best interest or benefit.
- Make available to customers or clients a statement of business practices.
- Support the ideals and goals of this organization as well as support the gay and lesbian community in general in a constructive and positive manner.