Scrapbook Designer Mission:
- Preserve the client's photos and memorabilia in an archival and safe manner that allows the client to enjoy the memories and to have the "Memories to last a Lifetime."
- Work side-by-side, step-by-step with the client to build the utmost relationship and desirable results.
- Serve clients with honesty, competence, and objectivity and treat the clients with respect and courtesy.
Scrapbook Designer Code of Ethics:
- We represent honestly the products and services we sell and support.
- We constantly re-evaluate our procedures to ensure they are efficient and responsive to clients’ needs and wants.
- Our number one priority is to always provide the best in customer service and satisfaction.
NAPO:
The National Association of Professional Organizers is a non-profit educational organization whose members include organizing consultants, speakers, trainers, authors, and manufacturers of organizing products.
NAPO Vision
The world recognizes the value of organizing and turns to NAPO as the leading authority.
NAPO Mission Statement
To develop, lead, and promote professional organizers and the organizing industry.
NAPO History
1985: Founded in LA in by 5 local organizers.
1987: First conference; chapters formed in LA, San Diego, San Francisco, and NY.
2004: Over 2,500 members in all 50 states and internationally; 19 chapters.
Provides broad range of educational programs.
NAPO Code of Ethics
This Code of Ethics is a set of principles to provide guidelines in our professional conduct with our clients, colleagues, and community. As a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, I pledge to exercise judgment, self-restraint, and conscience in my conduct in order to establish and maintain public confidence in the integrity of NAPO members and to preserve and encourage fair and equitable practices among all who are engaged in the profession of organizing.
Client Working Relationships
- I will serve my clients with integrity, competence, and objectivity, and will treat them with respect and courtesy.
- I will offer services in those areas in which I am qualified and will accurately represent those qualifications in both verbal and written communications.
- When unable or unqualified to fulfill requests for services, I will make every effort to recommend the services of other qualified organizers and/or other qualified professionals.
- I will advertise my services in an honest manner and will represent the organizing profession accurately.
Client Confidentiality
- I will keep confidential all client information, both business and personal, including that which may be revealed by other organizers.
- I will use proprietary client information only with the client's permission.
- I will keep client information confidential and not use it to benefit myself or my firm, or reveal this information to others.
Client Fees
- I will decide independently and communicate to my client in advance my fees and expenses, and will charge fees and expenses which I deem reasonable, legitimate, and commensurate with my experience, the services I deliver, and the responsibility I accept.
- I will make recommendations for products and services with my client's best interests in mind.
Client Colleagues
- I will seek and maintain an equitable, honorable, and cooperative association with other NAPO members and will treat them with respect and courtesy.
- I will respect the intellectual property rights (materials, titles, and thematic creations) of my colleagues, and other firms and individuals, and will not use proprietary information or methodologies without permission.
- Should I recognize the client benefits of my colleague's established methodology and wish to incorporate their techniques into my professional practice, I will first obtain my colleague's permission.
- I will act and speak on a high professional level so as not to bring discredit to the organizing profession.
NAPO - LA Chapter:
Mission Statement
The National Association of Professional Organizers is a non-profit educational organization whose members include organizing consultants, speakers, trainers, authors, and manufacturers of organizing products.
Vision
The National Association of Professional Organizers is a non-profit educational organization whose members include organizing consultants, speakers, trainers, authors, and manufacturers of organizing products.
Code of Ethics
This Code of Ethics is a set of principles to provide guidelines in our professional conduct with our clients, colleagues and community. As a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, I pledge to exercise judgment, self-restraint and conscience in my conduct in order to establish and maintain public confidence in the integrity of NAPO members and to preserve and encourage fair and equitable practices among all who are engaged in the profession of organizing.
NAPO - Virtual Chapter:
Code of Ethics
As a member of the NAPO Virtual Chapter, I agree to abide by the NAPO Virtual Chapter bylaws and to model my behavior to the NAPO Code of Ethics set forth by the National Association of Professional Organizers.
APPO Code of Ethics
This Code of Ethics is a set of principles to provide guidelines in our professional conduct with clients, colleagues, and community. As a member of the Association of Personal Photo Organizers, our members agree to conduct business honestly and ethically. We constantly strive to improve the quality of services and maintain a reputation for honesty, fairness, respect, responsibility, integrity, trust and sound business judgment. Our members agree to not compromise these principles for short-term advantage, and agree to the following:
- Serve clients with integrity, competence, and objectivity, and will treat them with respect and courtesy.
- Offer services in those areas in which the member is qualified and accurately represent those qualifications in both verbal and written communications.
- Recommend the services of other qualified organizers and/or other qualified professionals, when unable or unqualified to fulfill requests for services directly.
- Advertise services in an honest manner and represent the organizing profession accurately.
- Keep confidential all client information, both business and personal. Use proprietary client information only with the client's permission.
- Refrain from using client confidential information for personal or business gain.
- Independently determine and communicate fees and expenses directly to client.
- Charge reasonable fees and expenses that are legitimate, and commensurate with member’s level of experience, services delivered, and the responsibility accepted.
- Make recommendations for products and services with the client's best interests in mind.
- Seek and maintain an equitable, honorable, and cooperative association with all colleagues, treating them with respect and courtesy.
- Respect the intellectual and artistic property rights (professional photographs, materials, titles, and thematic creations) of colleagues, and other firms and individuals, and not use proprietary information or methodologies without permission.
- Act and speak on a high professional level so as not to bring discredit to the organizing profession.
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