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The NARI Code of Ethics
Each
member of NARI is pledged to observe the highest standards of
honesty, integrity, and responsibility in the conduct of
business:
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By promoting only those products and services which are
functionally and economically sound, and which are consistent
with objective standards of health and safety;
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By making all advertising and sales promotion factually
accurate with respect to product description, performance
specification, and cost/benefit analysis, and by avoiding
practices that tend to mislead or deceive the customer with
respect to competitive pricing, savings claims, or the nature
and significance of contracts, warranties, finance agreements,
completion certifications, lien wavers, or liability and
workers' compensation insurance;
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By writing all contracts and warranties such that they are
fair and mutually beneficial to all parties concerned, such
that they are free of ambiguities or omissions which tend to
obscure contractual obligations, and such that warranty terms
and provisions are free of the capacity to mislead or deceive
the customer as to quality or longevity of the product of
service;
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By honoring all contractual obligations until and unless
they are altered or dissolved by the mutual consent of all
contractual parties concerned, and by fulfilling those
obligations in a reasonably prompt manner that is fair to all
parties concerned;
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By promptly acknowledging and acting on all customer
complaints, and, in situations where complaints appear
unreasonable and persistent, by encouraging the customer to
initiate an approved third party dispute settlement mechanism.
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By refraining from any act intended to restrain or
suppress competition, and to thereby promote the private
enterprise system and its guarantee of equal rights for all.
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