ATAC CODE OF ETHICS
Purpose
For the purpose of this document, the word “Member” includes Members, Industry Partners, Foreign Operator Industry Partners and Affiliates.
Members must comply with the requirements, rules, and regulations governing their operations as prescribed by government authorities such as Transport Canada and the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), and additionally must comply with the requirements of ATAC to maintain their membership in good standing.
ATAC Members and Foreign Operator Industry Partners offer services to the public for remuneration and Industry Partners offer services to ATAC Members. In so doing, Members must not only meet technical and operational requirements but comply with the highest ethical standards, since their conduct affects the public interest and the reputation of the air transport industry.
This Code of Ethics is not intended to restrain trade or free enterprise in any way, but to establish minimum standards to enhance and protect the reputation and good name of the Canadian commercial air transport industry over and above the protection already inherent in industry's compliance with applicable operational, technical, insurance and other requirements provided for in governmental regulations.
Business Standards
Members shall maintain business standards which match the high technical requirements of the air transport industry. While recognizing that it is impossible to enumerate all the attitudes and factors which comprise good business ethics, Members recognize certain areas in which positive principles do apply.
Advertising shall be truthful and shall accurately represent the services offered.
(b) Financial
Since financial stability is the hallmark of a leading company in any industry, ATAC Members will exert every effort to anticipate their financial obligations and to meet them promptly when due.
(c) Sales
ATAC Members will present a truthful representation of the equipment or service being offered.
(d) Anti-Competitive Behaviour
ATAC Members shall comply with Competition Law requirements as well as ATAC’s Competition Law Compliance Guidelines.
Implementation
ATAC recognizes that it has no legal right to enforce the minimum standards outlined above, including the technical standards which have already been formally established by existing Transport Canada/CTA regulations.
The Association has every right to limit its Membership to those who agree with its objectives.
When a person, partnership, or corporation applies for Membership in ATAC, it is assumed the applicant accepts the Association's standards, including compliance with all applicable Transport Canada and CTA regulations. At some later date, should a Member act in a manner which is inconsistent with this Code, a review of Membership privileges may be in order.
The ATAC Board of Directors is hereby established as a Review Board in the event violations arise. The Chairman of the ATAC Board shall act as the Chairman of the Review Board.
In the event of a complaint against a Member, the complainant must present to the Review Board tangible evidence of violation. The Member shall have a full opportunity to review the charges and respond to the complaint.
The Board's decision shall be final with regard to whether a violation has occurred and to take disciplinary action in the event of a finding that a violation has occurred. That action may range from issuing a warning to revoking the violator's Membership in ATAC.
Amended October 2015
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