O. Ross Enterprises, Inc.
will conduct its business honestly and ethically wherever we operate in the world. We will constantly improve
the quality of our services, products and operations and will create a reputation for honesty, fairness, respect, responsibility,
integrity, trust and sound business judgment. No illegal or unethical conduct on the part of officers,
directors, employees, contractors, or affiliates is in the company’s best interest. O. Ross Enterprises, Inc. will
not compromise its principles for short-term advantage. The ethical performance of this company is the
sum of the ethics of the people who are affiliated with O. Ross. Thus, we are all expected to adhere
to high standards of personal integrity.
Officers, directors, contractors, and employees of the company
must never permit their personal interests to conflict, or appear to conflict, with the interests of the company, its clients
or affiliates. Officers, directors, contractors, and employees must be particularly careful to avoid
representing O. Ross Enterprises, Inc.in any transaction with others with whom there is any outside business affiliation or
relationship. Officers, directors, contractors, and employees shall avoid using their company contacts
to advance their private business or personal interests at the expense of the company, its clients or affiliates.
No bribes, kickbacks or other similar remuneration or consideration shall be given to any person or organization
in order to attract or influence business activity. Officers, directors, contractors, and employees
shall avoid gifts, gratuities, fees, bonuses or excessive entertainment, in order to attract or influence business activity.
Officers, directors, contractors, and employees of O. Ross Enterprises, Inc. will often come into contact with,
or have possession of, proprietary, confidential or business-sensitive information and must take appropriate steps to assure
that such information is strictly safeguarded. This information—whether it is on behalf of our company
or any of our clients or affiliates—could include strategic business plans, operating results, marketing strategies,
customer lists, personnel records, upcoming acquisitions and divestitures, new investments, and manufacturing costs, processes
and methods. Proprietary, confidential and sensitive business information about this company, other companies,
individuals and entities should be treated with sensitivity and discretion and only be disseminated on a need-to-know basis.
Misuse of material inside information in connection with trading in the company’s securities can expose an
individual to civil liability and penalties under the Securities Exchange Act. Under this Act, directors,
officers, contractors, and employees in possession of material information not available to the public are “insiders.”
Spouses, friends, suppliers, brokers, and others outside the company who may have acquired the information directly or indirectly
from a director, officer or employee are also “insiders.” The Act prohibits insiders from trading
in, or recommending the sale or purchase of, the company’s securities, including buyt not limited to intellectual property,
while such inside information is regarded as “material”, or if it is important enough to influence you or any
other person in the purchase or sale of securities of any company with which we do business, which could be affected by the
inside information. The following guidelines should be followed in dealing with inside information:
· Until the material information
has been publicly released by the company, an employee must not disclose it to anyone except those within the company whose
positions require use of the information.
·
Employees must not buy or sell the company’s securities when they have knowledge of material information
concerning the company until it has been disclosed to the public and the public has had sufficient time to absorb the information.
· Employees shall not buy
or sell securities of another corporation, the value of which is likely to be affected by an action by the company of which
the employee is aware and which has not been publicly disclosed.
Officers, directors,
contractors, and employees will seek to report all information accurately and honestly, and as otherwise required by
applicable reporting requirements.
Officers, directors, contractors, and employees will
refrain from gathering competitor intelligence by illegitimate means and refrain from acting on knowledge which has been gathered
in such a manner. The officers, directors, contractors, and employees of O. Ross Enterprises, Inc.
will seek to avoid exaggerating or disparaging comparisons of the services and competence of their competitors.
Officers, directors, contractors, and employees will obey all Equal Employment Opportunity laws and act with
respect and responsibility towards others in all of their dealings.
Officers, directors, contractors, and
employees strive to remain personally balanced so that their personal life will not interfere with their ability to deliver
quality products or services to the company and its clients.
Officers, directors, contractors, and
employees agree to disclose unethical, dishonest, fraudulent and illegal behavior, or the violation of company policies and
procedures, directly to management.
Violation of this Code of Ethics can result in discipline,
including possible termination. The degree of discipline relates in part to whether there was a voluntary
disclosure of any ethical violation and whether or not the violator cooperated in any subsequent investigation.
Good ethics is good business!
Oriel Ross, Director