ASSOCIATION CODE OF ETHICS The Ontario General Contractors Association is committed to promoting the use of its members as ethical, professional and expert providers of services to the Construction Industry. The OGCA desires to influence the industry and create a business environment where quality, fairness and honesty are integral givens in dealings by its members among themselves and in any business relationship with others. The Association will endeavour to: * Cooperate fully with the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association and other allied organizations to promote a strong accident prevention policy, and to eliminate the occurrence of injury and death to construction workers; * Protect the construction market for the services of general contractors and create an equitable environment for the general contracting industry; * Maintain high professional standards in the contracting industry; * Provide methods and means whereby individual members may avail themselves of the power of combined effort through the Association; * Promote cordial and cooperative relations between general contractors and those with whom they deal or have contact with in the contracting industry; * Seek correction of injurious, discriminatory or unfair business methods practiced by or against general contractors; * Promote the use of Standard Construction Documents for contracts and seek to minimize modifications thereto; * Increase economy and efficiency in the contracting industry; while maintaining high professional standards in the contracting industry; * Promote ethical practices throughout the construction industry; * Do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above. 10 ogca.cahttp://www.ogca.ca