Inventory Service Code of Ethics

We, the members of the inventory community, in recognition of the importance of our calculations in affecting financial reports throughout the business community, and in accepting personal obligations to our professions, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:

To accept responsibility in making inventory decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public and to promptly disclose factors that might endanger the public and environment
To avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affect parties when they do exist.
To be honest and realistic in stating results or estimates based on available data, to reject bribery in all forms.
To improve the understanding of inventory technology, its appropriate application and potential consequences to maintain and improve our inventory competence and to undertake inventory tasks for others only if qualified by training or experience or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations.
To seek, accept and offer honest criticism of inventory work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others.
To treat fairly all persons regardless of such factors as race, religion, gender, disability, age or national origin.
To avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or malicious action.
To assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.