Ethics and Standards of Conduct Sample Clauses

Ethics and Standards of Conduct. Contractor agrees to adhere to ethical standards. These standards shall include compliance with state and federal regulations for safeguarding client information. Contractor agrees to written policies and procedures that ensure compliance with ethical standards of conduct. Every reasonable course of action shall be taken by Contractor in order to maintain the integrity of the expenditure of public funds to avoid favoritism and questionable or improper conduct. Contractor must attest that he or she has not been convicted of fraud or misappropriation of funds. Furthermore, this Agreement shall be administered in an impartial manner, free from efforts to gain personal, financial, or political gain. Contractor shall not solicit or accept money or any other consideration with intent of securing a contract or securing favorable treatment with respect to the awarding, amending, or performing of this Agreement. District, by written notice to Contractor, may terminate this Agreement if it is found that gratuities were offered or given by Contractor with intent of securing a contract or securing favorable treatment with respect to the awarding, amending, or performing of this Agreement, provided that the existence of the facts upon which the District makes such findings may be reviewed in any competent court. In the event this Agreement is terminated as provided in the paragraph above, District shall be entitled to pursue the same remedies against Contractor as it could pursue in the event of the breach of the Agreement by Contractor, and as a predetermined amount of liquidated damages in addition to any other damages to which it may be entitled by law, to exemplary damages in an amount which shall be not less than three times the cost incurred by District in providing such gratuities to any such officer or employee.
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Ethics and Standards of Conduct. The Agent agrees to conduct business according to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and other standards established by law or regulation towards all customers and Citizens’ staff or representatives, including without limitation applicable ethics requirements for insurance representatives established by the Florida Department of Financial Services. The Agent shall offer the correct insurance product for the customer’s needs, consistent with Citizens’ Agent Guidelines and shall promptly handle all customer service requests.
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Ethics and Standards of Conduct. The Agency agrees to conduct business according to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and other standards established by law or regulation towards all customers and Citizens’ staff or representatives. The Agency shall also ensure that Agency Personnel conduct all Citizens business according to applicable ethical standards established in Citizens’ Agent Guidelines and the ethics requirements established for insurance representatives by the Florida Department of Financial Services.
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Ethics and Standards of Conduct. 10 CONTRACTOR agrees to adhere to ethical standards. These standards shall include compliance 11 with state and federal regulations for safeguarding client information. CONTRACTOR agrees to written 12 policies and procedures that ensure organizational and individual compliance with ethical standards of 13 conduct. Every reasonable course of action shall be taken by CONTRACTOR in order to maintain the 14 integrity of the expenditure of public funds to avoid favoritism and questionable or improper conduct. As 15 such, CONTRACTOR must attest that he or she has not been convicted of fraud or misappropriation of 16 funds.
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Ethics and Standards of Conduct. The University will conduct and perform the work under this Agreement in compliance with Texas Government Code §572.051 Standards of Conduct; §556.004 Political Activities by Certain Public Entities and Individuals; §556.005 Employment of Lobbyist; §556.0055 Restrictions on Lobbying Expenditures; and §556.006 Legislative Lobbying.
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Ethics and Standards of Conduct. The Agent agrees to conduct business according to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and other standards established by law or regulation towards all customers and Citizens’ staff or representatives, including without limitation applicable ethics requirements for insurance representatives established by the Florida Department of Financial Services. The Agent shall offer the correct insurance produc t for the customer’s needs, consistent with Citizens’ Agent Guidelines and shall promptly handle all customer service requests. Formatted: Normal, Justified, Indent: Left: 0.25", First line: 0.03", Don't adjust space between Latin and Asian text, Don't adjust space between Asian text and numbers Formatted: Font: Italic Formatted: Left
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Ethics and Standards of Conduct. The Agency agrees to conduct business according to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and other standards established by law or regulation towards all customers and Citizens’ staff or representatives. The Agency shall also ensure that its Agents and staffAgency Personnel conduct all Citizens business according to applicable ethicsethical standards established in Citizens’ Agent Guidelines and the ethics requirements established for insurance representatives by the Florida Department of Financial Services. Formatted: Justified, Indent: Hanging: 0.25" Formatted: Justified, Indent: Left: 0" Formatted: Justified, Indent: Hanging: 0.25" Formatted: Justified, Indent: Left: 0" Formatted: Font: Bold
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Related to Ethics and Standards of Conduct

  • Standards of Conduct Whenever the Member is required or permitted to make a decision, take or approve an action, or omit to do any of the foregoing, then the Member shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors, including its own, as it desires, and shall have no duty or obligation to consider any other interests or factors whatsoever. To the extent that the Member has, at law or in equity, duties (including, without limitation, fiduciary duties) to the Company or other person bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Member acting in accordance with the Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or any such other person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties of the Member otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties to the greatest extent permitted under applicable law.

  • Ethical Standards ‌ 7.8.1 Within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, Developer shall adopt written policies establishing ethical standards of conduct for all Developer-Related Entities, including Developer’s supervisory and management personnel, in dealing with (a) IFA and the Department and (b) employment relations. Such policy shall be subject to review and comment by IFA prior to adoption. Such policy shall include standards of ethical conduct concerning the following: 7.8.1.1 Restrictions on gifts and contributions to, and lobbying of, IFA, the Department and any of their respective members, commissioners, directors, officers and employees, and elected State officials; 7.8.1.2 Protection of employees from unethical practices in selection, use, hiring, compensation or other terms and conditions of employment, or in firing, promotion and termination of employees; 7.8.1.3 Protection of employees from retaliatory actions (including discharge, demotion, suspension, threat, harassment, pay reduction or other discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment) in response to reporting of illegal (including the making of a false claim), unethical or unsafe actions or failures to act by any Developer-Related Entity; 7.8.1.4 Restrictions on directors, members, officers or supervisory or management personnel of any Developer-Related Entity engaging in any transaction or activity, including receiving or offering a financial incentive, benefit, loan or other financial interest, that is, or to a reasonable person appears to be, in conflict with or incompatible with the proper discharge of duties or independence of judgment or action in the performance of duties, or adverse to the interests of the Project or employees; 7.8.1.5 Restrictions on use of office or job position for a purpose that is, or would to a reasonable person appear to be, primarily for the private benefit of a director, member, officer or supervisory or management person, rather than primarily for the benefit of Developer or the Project, or primarily to achieve a private gain or an exemption from duty or responsibility for a director, member, officer or supervisory or management person; and 7.8.1.6 Restrictions on directors, members, officers or employees of any Developer-Related Entity performing any of the Work if the performance of such services would be prohibited under IFA’s conflict of interest rules and policies. 7.8.2 Developer shall cause its directors, members, officers and supervisory and management personnel, and require those of all other Developer-Related Entities, to adhere to and enforce the adopted policy on ethical standards of conduct. Developer shall establish reasonable systems and procedures to promote and monitor compliance with the policy. 7.8.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 7.8, Developer has an affirmative obligation under this Agreement to disclose to IFA and to the Indiana State Ethics Commission when an interested party is or becomes an employee of IFA or the State. This obligation extends only to those facts that Developer knows or reasonably could know. For purposes of this Section 7.8.3, “interested party” means (a) the individual executing this Agreement, (b) an individual who has an interest of three percent (3%) or more of Developer, (c) any member of the immediate family of an individual specified in clause (a) or (b). For purposes of the preceding sentence, “immediate family” means the spouse and the unemancipated children of an individual.‌

  • Codes of Conduct Recipient warrants the following:

  • OMB Standards Unless specified otherwise within this agreement, the Subrecipient shall procure all materials, property, or services in accordance with the requirements of 24 CFR 84.40−48.

  • Policies, Guidelines, Directives and Standards Either the Funder or the Ministry will give the HSP Notice of any amendments to the manuals, guidelines or policies identified in Schedule C. An amendment will be effective in accordance with the terms of the amendment. By signing a copy of this Agreement the HSP acknowledges that it has a copy of the documents identified in Schedule C.

  • Human and Financial Resources to Implement Safeguards Requirements The Borrower shall make available necessary budgetary and human resources to fully implement the EMP and the RP.

  • Ethics No officer, agent or employee of the Board is or shall be employed by Provider or has or shall have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, in this Agreement or the compensation to be paid hereunder except as may be permitted in writing by the Board’s Code of Ethics, adopted May 25, 2011 (11-0525-PO2), as amended from time to time, which policy is hereby incorporated by reference into and made part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.

  • Business Conduct Merger Sub was formed on December 3, 2020. Since its inception, Merger Sub has not engaged in any activity, other than such actions in connection with (a) its organization and (b) the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the Transactions. Merger Sub has no operations, has not generated any revenues and has no liabilities other than those incurred in connection with the foregoing and in association with the Merger as provided in this Agreement.

  • Regulatory Requirements and Governing Law 43 14.1 Regulatory Requirements. 43 14.2 Governing Law 44 ARTICLE 15. NOTICES 44 15.1 General. 44 15.2 Xxxxxxxx and Payments. 44 15.3 Alternative Forms of Notice 44 15.4 Operations and Maintenance Notice 44 ARTICLE 16. FORCE MAJEURE 45 16.1 Force Majeure 45 ARTICLE 17. DEFAULT 45 17.1 Default. 45 ARTICLE 18. INDEMNITY, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND INSURANCE 46 18.1 Indemnity. 46 18.2 No Consequential Damages. 47 18.3 Insurance 47 ARTICLE 19. ASSIGNMENT 49 19.1 Assignment. 49 ARTICLE 20. SEVERABILITY 49 20.1 Severability. 49 ARTICLE 21. COMPARABILITY 50 21.1 Comparability. 50 ARTICLE 22. CONFIDENTIALITY 50 22.1 Confidentiality. 50 ARTICLE 23. ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASES 53 23.1 Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner Notice 53 ARTICLE 24. INFORMATION REQUIREMENT 53 24.1 Information Acquisition. 53 24.2 Information Submission by Connecting Transmission Owner 54 24.3 Updated Information Submission by Developer 54 24.4 Information Supplementation 54 ARTICLE 25. INFORMATION ACCESS AND AUDIT RIGHTS 55 25.1 Information Access. 55 25.2 Reporting of Non-Force Majeure Events. 55 25.3 Audit Rights. 56 25.4 Audit Rights Periods. 56 25.5 Audit Results. 56 ARTICLE 26. SUBCONTRACTORS 56 26.1 General. 56 26.2 Responsibility of Principal. 57 26.3 No Limitation by Insurance 57 ARTICLE 27. DISPUTES 57 27.1 Submission 57 27.2 External Arbitration Procedures. 57 27.3 Arbitration Decisions. 58 27.4 Costs. 58 27.5 Termination 58 ARTICLE 28. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS 58 28.1 General. 58 ARTICLE 29. MISCELLANEOUS 59 29.1 Binding Effect. 59 29.2 Conflicts. 59 29.3 Rules of Interpretation 59 29.4 Compliance 60 29.5 Joint and Several Obligations. 60 29.6 Entire Agreement. 60 29.7 No Third Party Beneficiaries. 60 29.8 Waiver 60 29.9 Headings. 61 29.10 Multiple Counterparts. 61 29.11 Amendment. 61 29.12 Modification by the Parties. 61 29.13 Reservation of Rights. 61 29.14 No Partnership 62 29.15 Other Transmission Rights. 62 Appendices STANDARD LARGE GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT THIS STANDARD LARGE GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT

  • LICENSES AND STANDARDS 11 CONTRACTOR warrants that it and its personnel, described in Paragraph 27 of 12 this Agreement, who are subject to individual registration and/or licensing requirements, have all 13 necessary licenses and permits required by the laws of the United States, State of California 14 (hereinafter referred to as “State”), County of Orange, and all other appropriate governmental 15 agencies to perform the services described in this Agreement, and agrees to maintain, and require 16 its personnel to maintain, these licenses and permits in effect for the duration of this Agreement.

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