Professional Ethics

 

 

Our consultants and other staff members adhere to a strict code of professional ethics:

• Information received from clients is treated with the utmost care and discretion and will not be divulged without the approval of the appropriate party
• The identity of clients and candidates is never revealed without prior consent
• The number of clients in any industry is limited and similar assignments for competing companies are not accepted at the same point in time in the same country
• Executives and staff of client companies are not approached for at least a 12 month period after the completion of the last assignment undertaken for the client
• Only those executive search assignments will be accepted that in our view can be solved in a cost effective way through our systematic approach
• We always continue to work on an assignment until a satisfactory solution to the problem has been found
• We guarantee our client a replacement if a hired candidate leaves within an agreed guaranteed period
• We only charge to our clients those assignment expenses that can justifiably be referred to a specific assignment

Commission payments to client executives are never offered nor agreed. Commission payments from potential candidates are not accepted.

 

Ethic is our priority.

 

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Ethics

The retained search industry has a widely accepted body of ethical principles that most professionals know and most firms uphold.

A primary tenet is that, being paid on retainer as a consultant regardless of whether hiring occurs, the recruiter has a duty not to weaken the client organization he or she has been paid to strengthen. Traditionally, client employees are considered off-limits for one or two years after a retained search is completed.

Candidates, too, deserve ethical treatment. They should not be misled through advertising or other means, and their resumes should not be distributed without their permission.

Updated Oct 15, 2008