LIGHTING FIXTURES NATIONAL COUNCIL LIGHTING FIXTURE Report of Committee of Design, adopted 1921: RESOLUTIONS ON PIRACY OF DESIGN 1. The Executive Committee of the National Council of Lighting Fixture Manufacturers shall appoint a Board of Conciliation, which shall consist of the President of the National Council of Lighting Fixture Manufacturers, who shall act as Chairman ex officio, and two members, to serve for the period of one year. 2. This Board of Conciliation is to be empowered by the National Council of Lighting Fixture Manufacturers to review and pass upon all questions of piracy, and to impose such penalties, hereinafter specified, as they deem justified. There shall be no appeal from their decisions within the National Council of Lighting Fixture Manufacturers. 3. Should any member of our organization believe that an act of piracy has been committed against him by any individual, firm or corporation, the method to be adopted by the complainant in entering his complaint shall be to file with the Chairman of the Board of Conciliation, a written statement duly sworn to, clearly specifying the cause of complaint. Should the matter of contention involve two members of the same local council of the National Council, that the local council appoint an arbitration committee to consider the case, and that the local council arbitration committee have the same powers to fix and enforce penalties as the Conciliation Board, the local council concurring in this resolution. There shall be a right of appeal from the decision of the local council to the National Council Committee under this plan. 4. The Board of Conciliation shall thereupon review the charges that have been made, and if they are considered of sufficient gravity to warrant such action, the Chairman shall cause to be served upon the individual, firm or corporation accused, a certified copy of the charges, with a written notice that a period of twenty-one days will be allowed in which to file, with the Chairman of the Board of Conciliation, their answer to the charges in the complaint. An extension of this period may be granted at the discretion of the Board. 5. The complainant shall submit for the consideration of the Board all evidence he may have in his possession, and if he is satisfied that his case has been proved he can leave it to the Board to decide without appearing personally. The accused, upon receipt of his notice from the Board of Conciliation, shall prepare all the evidence at his disposal, and send it to the Board of Conciliation in the form of a sworn affidavit. 7. Both complainant and defendant shall have the privilege of calling witnesses and submitting any evidence they may have that has bearing on the case. 8. Should the accused fail to submit an answer to the complaint within the twenty-one days, or such extended time as may have been granted, it shall be considered that the charges of the complainant are justified, judgment will be rendered by default, and the board shall be empowered to inflict such of the penalties hereinafter mentioned as they may consider fair and just. 9. Should either defendant or complainant be unable to appear in person, he may be represented by such member of the Association as he may select. 10. In any case coming before it, the Board of Conciliation shall consider all evidence, hear all witnesses, then make such decision, as seems to them to be fair and just and, when the charges have been proved, shall impose such penalties as seem to fit the offense. 11. In all cases the cost of arbitration shall be borne by the party against whom the judges decide, and the amount of these costs shall be decided by the judges. 12. The penalties to be imposed shall be as follows: (a) Reprimand, and demand for apology. (b) Suspension from the Association. (c) Suspension of rights, such as exhibiting at The Annual Fixture Show, etc. (d) Expulsion from the Association. (e) Publishing the decisions of the Board in the "Lighting Rays" etc. (f) Cash Fine. (g) The disposition or destruction of the infringed parts, fixtures, patterns or molds. LUMBER, MANUFACTURE AMERICAN WALNUT MANUFACTURERS' Approved Jan. 17, 1924: CODE OF ETHICS SECTION A. TO THE PUBLIC WE PLEDGE: 1. That we will at all times obey the law and that we will not agree to, nor be a party to: 2. That we will always deal fairly, produce and sell honest grades, and fulfill all obligations and contracts. 3. That we will not indulge in nor countenance unfair selling methods, and that we will refrain from all over-statements and misrepresentation, either in advertising or personal salesmanship. 4. That we will not encourage the cutting of immature Walnut timber that should be allowed to grow for a longer time. 5. That we will encourage and promote the planting of Walnut trees and the proper care of immature timber. 6. That we will insist that all products of Walnut be truthfully described and that we will aid and assist in the detection of imitations and the suppression of untruthful descriptions. 7. That the co-operative advertising of the Association. will not be done in the interest of an individual firm but in the interest of our splendid product and with absolute honesty and fairness with the public. 8. That we will maintain an information bureau on American Walnut which will furnish free of charge to all interested parties reliable information regarding Walnut and its vari ous uses. 9. That we make immediately available to the government our entire facilities for the production of gunstocks, aeroplane propeller lumber and other necessary war material whenever a national emergency shall require such material. SECTION B. TO EACH OTHER WE PLEDGE: 1. That we will respect another's word, also his con fidences, knowing them to be such, and we will not accept nor repeat a statement reflecting upon the good faith or acts of a member unless it be established by convincing proof, and not then. without giving him an opportunity to clear himself. 2. That we will be as sincere and honest with competitors in all matters as we could wish them to be. 3. That we will not make a statement nor do any act for private profit that would discredit or injure the industry. 4. That we will not unjustly discredit a competitor's product nor act in any other way that will be detrimental to the general interests of the industry. 5. That we will not mislead each other either by direct statement or inference (reserving the right frankly to decline to reply to all questions relative to competitive business). That we will not quote ridiculously low prices on business that has been placed, nor bid extravagantly on raw material that has been sold, in order to make trouble for a competi tor. 7. That we will never accept a larger order than can be reasonably delivered within the terms of the contract. 8. That we will ship and bill all orders true to grade and that we will not be a party to the "mixing" or adulteration of a grade. 9. That we will not pay bribes or "commissions" to purchasing agents or others who may be thus influenced to purchase our goods. 10. That we will not hire away competitors' employees, nor cause them to become dissatisfied, but that we will recognize the right of the employee to use all reasonable efforts to better his condition. 11. That in case of a dispute between members, that cannot be amicably settled, each will abide by the decision of a referee mutually to be agreed upon. 12. That we will not interfere with a competitor's log producers to whom he may have made financial advances on timber to be produced. 13. That each will study carefully his individual costs. of production and that each will strive to operate his business on the basis of such costs. 14. That we will respect our customers, but not permit them to dictate our business policy; neither shall we consider them infallible sources of information concerning our competi15. That the heads of member concerns accept at all tors. times the full responsibility for their employees and representatives for the compliance with the principles herein expressed. PLYWOOD MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION CODE OF ETHICS AND BUSINESS PRACTICE The members of the Plywood Manufacturers Association consisting of Manufacturers of Plywood (built up wood). believing that it is for the best interest of any individual or firm engaged in the manufacture and sale of the above mentioned product, as well as for the industry as a whole, that clean, honorable and legitimate business customs should prevail in this business, and that they should be followed in buying, in selling and in competition with others engaged in the business-present in the following articles a statement of business policy which they believe should be followed by all parties engaged in this industry. Article 1. Since the successful conduct of any business depends on the marketing of the product at a price which will net a reasonable profit to the manufacturer, that none of the products of this industry should be sold, knowingly, below a price which would return to the manufacturer the cost of production plus a fair percentage of profit. Article 2. Since a knowledge of the cost of production is absolutely necessary to the successful conduct of any business. manufacturers in this line should exert every effort to inform themselves on this subject and should aid their fellow manufacturers in securing a knowledge of this subject by any means in their power. Every manufacturer should have an accurate system of ascertaining the cost of every job, that the information derived from this system should be recorded so that it could be referred to and that these records should always be used in estimating special work so that every advantage of past experience might be taken and estimate made on actual facts rather than guess work. It is for the best interest of any manufacturer in this business to make both his general and cost accounting, uniform in plan with that in general use in this industry, and as outlined by our Association Cost Plan. Article 3. There should be no misrepresentation of goods made to prospective purchasers, and no misrepresentation pertaining to business policy should be made to competitors. |