Member Code of Conduct

Thank you for being part of the APBA community. To ensure the most productive and responsible experience for all members and everyone that works with or at the APBA, we have instituted a code of conduct. By joining the APBA community, you agree that you have read and will abide by these guidelines.

 ·         Be fair and respectful to other members, employer(s), employees, associates, competitors, customers, the public, and all business or professional relations.

·         Maintain the highest standards of business conduct via only legal and ethical means in all business activity.

·         Actively promote and encourage the highest level of integrity within the plant-based industry.

·         Commit to communicating honestly in advertising and in all representations to the public concerning plant-based agriculture, plant-based foods, beverages, personal health care and all plant-based industry activity.

·         Conduct Association activities alongside potential business competitors in a lawful manner:

·         Acknowledge that other APBA members will compete for business.

·         Never engage in any legally improper communication or enter into unlawful agreements with competitors.

·         Never make false statements about competitors.

·         Abide by all applicable national anti-competition laws regarding agreements with competitors to: fix prices or other sales terms; divide or assign sales territories, customers, or product lines; or coordinate bids and agreements with customers to fix resale prices. Members are prohibited from discussing anything related to pricing, whether or not to deal with another company, or any competitively sensitive information of any kind regarding your own company or a competitor's company.

 In addition, members are asked to adhere to the following:

 ·         Inspired by the Chatham House Rule we expect to be followed when in a member support call or digital meeting, participants are allowed to use the information shared, but without identifying the speaker, other participants, or their affiliations. The recording or transmission of any education sessions, presentations, demos, videos, or content in any format is strictly prohibited.

·         Disruption of presentations during any session or APBA organised virtual event is prohibited. All participants must comply with the instructions of the moderator and any APBA virtual or physical event staff.

·         Presentations, postings, and messages should not contain promotional materials, special offers, job offers, product announcements, or solicitation for services without prior agreement from the APBA. APBA reserves the right to remove such messages and potentially ban sources of those solicitations. Affiliate members are permitted to engage in networking and promotional activity within appropriate, authorised APBA forums.

·         Any direct selling of products/services offered by speakers, industry partners, or consultants in any public area of the virtual platform is prohibited, unless agreed prior with the APBA. Many of the conversations held at APBA events are based on expertise, and are not categorised as a direct sales pitch. All sales activity must be conducted during mutually agreed upon private video, audio, or text conversations.

·         Participants should not copy or take screenshots of any Q&A or chat room activity that takes place in a virtual space.

 The APBA reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, including immediate removal from our membership or event without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behaviour.

 If you have any concerns or need to report an incident, please contact:

Bec Montgomery, Membership Manager.

Email: membership@australasianplantbasedassociation.org 

By signing this document on behalf of myself of the company I represent, I am in agreement with the APBA Code of Conduct.