The Davey Tree Expert Company, and its directors, officers and all other personnel, will conduct the Company's business affairs according to high standards of corporate and personal ethics. We will comply with applicable laws in our actions and conduct. Our trademark will be integrity, and we pledge ourselves to be forthright in all of our relationships with each other, with all customers, suppliers, competitors, governmental agencies, and all other business associates.
Every director, officer and employee of the Company has a specific responsibility to act in accordance with our Code of Ethics and our Company policies, and to communicate these standards to all peers and employees through deed as well as word.
The Company's standards of ethical conduct are:
A. Having a financial ownership interest, or other personal or professional affiliation in a supplier, competitor or customer that could influence, either positively or negatively, the Company's ability to conduct its business.
B. Having any financial interest in any transaction between the Company and any third party.
C. Receiving from, or giving to, any supplier, competitor or customer any gift or entertainment of more than a nominal value.