Ethical Practices. Xxxxxx provides adoption services ethically and in accordance with the Hague Convention’s principles of: ensuring that both domestic and intercountry adoptions take place in the best interests of children; and preventing the abduction, exploitation, sale, or trafficking of children. The Agency prohibits its employees and agents from giving money or other consideration, directly or indirectly, to a child’s parent(s), other individual(s), or an entity as payment for the child or as an inducement to release the child. If permitted or required by the child’s country of origin, the Agency may remit reasonable payments for activities related to the adoption proceedings, pre-birth and birth medical costs, the care of the child, the care of the birth mother while pregnant and immediately following birth, or the provision of child welfare and child protection services generally.
Ethical Practices. Neither the Parent nor any Seller nor any of their representatives has offered or given, and neither the Parent nor any Seller has Knowledge of any Person that has offered or given on their behalf, anything of value to: (a) any official of a Governmental Entity, any political party or official thereof, or any candidate for political office; (b) any customer, payor or member of the government; or (c) any other Person, in any such case while knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any customer, payor, member of the government or candidate for political office for the purpose of the following: (i) influencing any action or decision of such Person, in such Person’s official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform such Person’s official function; (ii) inducing such Person to use such Person’s influence with any government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality to assist any Seller in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; or (iii) where such payment would constitute a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist any of the Sellers in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person.
Ethical Practices. Neither the Company, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any third party, on the Company’s behalf, has offered or given, anything of value to: (a) any official of a Governmental Entity, any political party or official thereof or any candidate for political office; (b) any customer or member of any Governmental Entity; or (c) any other Person, in any such case, while knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any customer or member of any Governmental Entity or any candidate for political office for the purpose of the following: (i) influencing any action or decision of such Person, in such Person’s official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform such Person’s official function; (ii) inducing such Person to use such Person’s influence with any Governmental Entity to affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Entity to assist the Company in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any Person; or (iii) where such payment would constitute a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist the Company in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any Person.
Ethical Practices. Yakima Valley College is a state agency operated in accordance with Washington State law. To protect the public interest, College employees are obligated to treat their positions as a public trust, using their official powers and duties and the resources of the College only to advance the public interest. This obligation requires that all employees
Ethical Practices. Neither Seller nor any of its directors, officers and Employees has, and to Seller’s Knowledge, no joint venture partner of Seller or any other party acting on behalf of Seller has, offered money or given anything of value to: (a) any official of a Governmental Body, any political party or official thereof, or any candidate for political office; (b) any customer or member of any Governmental Body; or (c) any other Person, while knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any customer, member of a Governmental Body or candidate for political office for the purpose of the following: (i) illegally influencing any action or decision of such Person, in his, her or its official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform his, her or its official function; (ii) inducing such Person to use his, her or its influence with any Governmental Body to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality to assist Seller in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; or (iii) where such payment or thing of value would constitute a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment or gift to assist Seller in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person.
Ethical Practices. The Association shall deal with any ethical problems arising within its membership, and the Employer recognizes the responsibility of the Association and its membership to define acceptable criteria of professional secretarial-clerical behavior. If, after due notice by the Administration of an employee’s violation of acceptable ethical practices, the Association fails to take action, the Employer then may take appropriate action against the employee.
Ethical Practices. Except as permitted under applicable Law, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has offered or given anything of value to any official of a Governmental Authority, any political party or official thereof, or any candidate for political office (i) with the intent of inducing such Person to use such Person's influence with any Governmental Authority to affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Authority to assist the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person or (ii) constituting a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with any Governmental Authority.
Ethical Practices. Neither the Company nor any current or former officer, director, employee or representative thereof acting on behalf of the Company or any Seller has offered or given, and to the Knowledge of the Company and the Sellers, no Seller or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any Seller has offered or given on its behalf anything of value to: (i) any member or official of a Governmental Entity, any political party or official thereof, or any candidate for political office; (ii) any customer of any Governmental Entity; or (iii) any other Person, in any such case while knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any customer, member or official of any Governmental Entity or candidate for political office for the purpose of the following: (x) influencing any action or decision of such Person, in his or its official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform his or its official function; (y) inducing such Person to use his or its influence with any Governmental Entity affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Entity to assist the Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; or (z) where such payment would constitute a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist the Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person. The business and operations of the Company have been conducted in compliance with all applicable Laws, except where the failure to comply has not had, and is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Ethical Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective representatives has corruptly (within the meaning of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or otherwise illegally offered or given, and, to the knowledge of Seller, no Person has corruptly (within the meaning of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or otherwise illegally offered or given on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, anything of value to: (i) any official or member of a Governmental Entity, any political party or official thereof, or any candidate for political office; (ii) any customer of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (iii) any other Person, in any such case while knowing, or having reason to know, that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any official or employee of a Governmental Entity or candidate for political office for the purpose of the following: (x) influencing any action or decision of such Person, in his or her official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform his or her official function; (y) inducing such Person to use his or her influence with any Governmental Entity to affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Entity to assist the Company or any Subsidiary in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, any Governmental Entity; or (z) where such payment would constitute a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist the Company or any Subsidiary in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person.
Ethical Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers or employees or any other Person acting for, or on behalf of, the Company or its Subsidiaries has:
