Professional Standards The Contractor agrees to maintain the professional standards applicable to its profession and to Contractors doing business in the United States Virgin Islands.
General Standards An Assistant Professor will be competent to teach in a particular field, will be current in the literature of that field, and will seek to meet student needs in both the classroom and in non-classroom environments. However, an Assistant may be a junior member of the academic community, with little professional and/or teaching experience. Furthermore, an Assistant may have little experience in curriculum development, committee work, governance, professional and/or community service, etc. In short, an Assistant Professor generally will be new to tenure-track college teaching. For eligibility for promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor, the candidate must have served a minimum of four (4) years at the rank of Assistant Professor, and must show evidence that he/she has grown professionally and consistently has sought to meet student needs, in both the classroom and in non-classroom environments. A successful candidate for the rank of Associate Professor will have remained current in the field, and will have improved his/her teaching in some demonstrable way. He/she also will have demonstrated professional growth in one or more of the following ways: completion of additional appropriate course work (if applicable), attendance at professional conferences, service on campus and/or District committees, professional and/or community service, or, the production of some creative work. Evidence of professional growth will be drawn from a careful analysis of student evaluations and peer evaluations over a period of time, and from a critical reading of materials submitted by the candidate. For promotion from Associate to Professor, the candidate must have served a minimum of four (4) years at the rank of Associate Professor, and must show evidence that he/she has grown professionally to a point where he/she has mastered both a particular field of knowledge and the teaching of that knowledge. A successful candidate must show evidence that he/she consistently has sought to meet student needs, in both the classroom and non-classroom environments. A Professor should be a senior member of the faculty, one who has such substantial experience, knowledge, and skill that he/she could mentor junior faculty in his/her area of expertise. A Professor will have demonstrated all the same kinds of achievements and attributes necessary for promotion to the Associate Professor rank, but in addition will demonstrate that he/she is a leader in some appropriate sense. Evidence of professional growth and leadership will be drawn from a careful analysis of student evaluations and peer evaluations over a period of time, and from a critical reading of materials submitted by the candidate.
Technical Standards The Generation System shall be installed and operated by the Interconnection Customer consistent with the requirements of this Agreement; the Technical Requirements; the applicable requirements located in the National Electrical Code (NEC); the applicable standards published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE); and local building and other applicable ordinances in effect at the time of the installation of the Generation System.
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.
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.
Operating Standards (A) Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall conduct the operation of their respective businesses related to the resale of the Product(s) in a clean and safe manner and shall otherwise conduct no business which could interfere with the sale of Product(s) or damage the goodwill of the Valero brand or the Marks. Without limiting the foregoing, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall, at all times during the term of this Agreement, fully comply with VMSC’s then current “Basic Operational Requirements” which Distributor acknowledges have been received and reviewed by Distributor. Furthermore, without limiting any provision to the contrary herein, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall fully comply with VMSC’s “Commitment to Excellence Requirements”, which Distributor acknowledges have been received and reviewed by Distributor. As of the Commencement Date, Distributor and its Dealer(s) agree to participate in the Commitment to Excellence Program (“CTE Program”). The CTE Program provides that each Station meets the established Commitment to Excellence Requirements which consists of requirements from each of the following VMSC documents: VMSC’s Basic Image Requirements, Wholesale Branding Manual, and Basic Operational Requirements. VMSC reserves the right to amend, change, or otherwise modify the “Basic Operational Requirements”, “Commitment to Excellence Requirements” and the “CTE Program” from time to time, in VMSC’s sole and absolute discretion.
(B) Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall comply with all Laws of any governing authority or agency having jurisdiction or purporting to have jurisdiction relating to the handling, storage, testing, sale, distribution, transportation, and/or use of the Product(s) and shall further comply with all rules, guidelines, and procedures of VMSC in connection with the loading, transportation, handling, storing, testing, selling, dispensing, and/or use of the Product(s).
(C) Subject to Paragraph 12 of this Agreement, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall continuously offer at least three grades of “Valero” branded gasoline at each Station.
(D) Distributor and its Dealer(s) will utilize and maintain updated point of sale systems as required by VMSC. VMSC also reserves the right to install, and Distributor and its Dealer(s) agree to utilize, update and maintain, other automated systems, at Distributor’s cost, as required by VMSC, including but not limited, such systems necessary to poll, at frequencies determined by VMSC, each Station’s Product sales.
(E) VMSC may inspect or review compliance by Distributor and its Dealer(s) with the requirements of this Paragraph 8 in any reasonable manner that VMSC determines, including, but not limited to, announced and unannounced visits.
(F) Distributor expressly understands and agrees that a confidential relationship is established between VMSC and Distributor under this Agreement and that, as a result thereof, VMSC will be disclosing and transmitting to Distributor certain confidential and proprietary information in connection with the Distributor’s operation of the Station. Distributor hereby agrees that Distributor shall not, during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, communicate, divulge or use for the benefit of any other person, persons, partnership, association or corporation and, following the expiration or termination of this Agreement, shall not use for the benefit of Distributor, or any of its principals, any confidential information, knowledge or know-how concerning the methods of operation (including pricing) of the Station which may be communicated to Distributor or its principals or of which they may be apprised in connection with the operation of the Station(s) under the terms of this Agreement. Distributor shall divulge such confidential information only to such of Distributor’s employees as must have access to it in order to operate the Station(s). Any and all information, knowledge, know-how, techniques and any materials used in or related to the Station which VMSC provides to Distributor in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed confidential for purposes of this Agreement. Such confidential information does not include information that, at the time it was disclosed to or learned by Distributor, was part of the public domain, nor information that, after the time it was disclosed to or learned by Distributor, became part of the public domain through disclosure, publication or communication by persons other than Distributor or its employees. Distributor shall not at any time, without VMSC’s prior written consent, copy, duplicate, record or otherwise reproduce such materials or information, in whole or in part, nor otherwise make the same available to any unauthorized person.
(G) Distributor acknowledges that strict compliance with the terms and conditions of this Paragraph 8 is a material and important part of the consideration for this Agreement.
International Standards In determining whether an international standard, guide, or recommendation within the meaning of Articles 2 and 5 and Annex 3 of the TBT Agreement exists, each Party shall apply the principles set out in Decisions and Recommendations adopted by the Committee since 1 January 1995, G/TBT/1/Rev.8, 23 May 2002, Section IX (Decision of the Committee on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations with relation to Articles 2, 5 and Annex 3 of the Agreement), issued by the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade.
Service Level Standards In addition to all other requirements in this Agreement, and in accordance with the Best Claims Practices & Estimating Guidelines, Vendor shall use reasonable and good faith efforts to meet the Service Level Standards set forth below.
Design Standards Most recent edition of the “Owner’s Design Standards,” including any partial updates as may be directed by the Owner.
Property Standards Owner must maintain the Unit, and any common areas of the property accessible to the Tenant under the Lease, in decent, safe and sanitary condition and comply with all applicable state or local codes and requirements for rental properties. Upon notice by the Program Administrator following any inspection (whether conducted in-person or virtually in accordance with the Program guidelines), Owner will promptly correct any violations of Program requirements and this Contract. If the Owner fails to correct such violations, the Program Administrator may terminate this Contract and the Rental Assistance Payment even if the Tenant continues occupancy under the Lease. Owner/Representative Initials:
