C o d e o f E t h i c s
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The National Association of Legal Search Consultants is committed
to the provision of professional and ethical employment services
to the legal community. To that end, its members have established
this Code of Ethics, subscribed to and endorsed by each as
condition of his or her continuing membership.
ARTICLE I
Relations With Employers
Information provided to employers shall be the
most accurate information known to the search firm.
No search firm shall withhold candidate information which
the employer would reasonably consider essential to its hiring
decision.
Candidates shall be referred only (i) with the prior authorization
of the employer, or (ii) where the search firm, based on previous
direct communications with the employer, reasonably believes
the employer would accept the referral.
Confidential information relating to the employer shall be
treated accordingly.
Fee obligations and replacement and refund provisions, if
any, shall be provided to the employer prior to the referral
of candidates.
No search firm shall recruit any attorney from the office
of an employer in which it has made a placement for a six-month
period following that placement, unless the search firm reasonably
believes such a restriction is not required by the employer.
No search firm shall recruit a candidate it has placed while
the candidate remains with the employer that paid the recruiting
fee.
ARTICLE II top
Relations With Candidates
Information provided to candidates shall be
the most accurate information known to the search firm.
No search firm shall withhold employer information which a
candidate would reasonably consider essential to his or her
hiring decision, subject to the search firms duties to the
employer.
Candidates shall be referred to employers only with the candidate's
express prior consent.
A search firm shall treat as confidential all information
supplied to it in confidence by a candidate, subject to the
search firms duties to the employer.
Search firms shall make all referrals which have been authorized
by the candidate and shall inform the candidate of the results
of those referrals in a timely manner.
No search firm shall at tempt to exert undue influence on
the candidate.
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Relations Among Members
Members of this Association shall relate to
each other in a professional and ethical manner consistent
with the goals of this Association.
While competition among search firms is encouraged, no member
shall seek an unfair advantage against its competitors.
Except for fee-sharing agreements between search firms, no
member shall make payments of any kind to gain business referrals
or to induce others into a relationship as a client or candidate.
Members shall recognize and not interfere with referrals made
by other search firms.
Members are strongly encouraged to bring to the attention
of the Association any violations of this Code.
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General
No member of this Association shall engage in
any action which might bring the Association, its members
or the legal search profession into disrepute.
No search firm shall withhold employer information which a
candidate would reasonably consider essential to his or her
hiring decision, subject to the search firm's duties to the
employer.
No member shall discriminate in the provision of its services
on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, religion,
sex, marital status, handicap, age or any other legally proscribed
criteria.
Complaints under this Code shall be in writing, signed by
the initiating party and filed with the President of the Association.
Members shall cooperate with the Association's investigation
of alleged violations of this Code and shall abide by its
decisions.
Sanctions for violation of this Code, which include censure,
suspension and expulsion from the Association, as well as
procedures for hearings and appeals, are provided for in the
Association's Bylaws.
This Code neither supersedes nor replaces the requirements
of local, state, or federal laws.
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