Associate Member Code of Conduct

As an Associate member of the Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound, we agree to conduct business in accordance with the following Code of Conduct:

• We conduct business transactions in a straightforward and honest manner.
• We conduct business transactions with active knowledge of and affirmative compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
• We respect the integrity of business relationships between Regular and Associate members and conduct our business activities with a sense of fair play and competition.
• We will not engage in behavior that constitutes a restraint of trade.
• In the case of a dispute between a member of the Association and us, we agree to participate in non-binding mediation through the Association to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute. We treat our customers, competitors and vendors with respect and integrity.
• We agree to fulfill our business commitments in a complete, timely and quality manner.
• We do not directly solicit business at RHA social functions.
• We encourage our personnel to be proactively involved in and otherwise supportive of association and community based activities and to conduct themselves appropriately at such functions.
• We will actively promote our business through RHA advertising, sponsorship and relationship building opportunities.
• We agree to cease use of the Association's logos or to advertise our Associate Membership should that membership terminate for any reason.
  
  
  The Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound reserves the right to deny, suspend or terminate membership in the association for any Associate member who knowingly and repeatedly violates this Code of Conduct and fails to promptly and properly rectify any violations.

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Associate Member Code of Conduct