CNYPVA

Code of Ethics

As a member of the Central New York Professional Videographers Association,

I pledge to:

• Conduct all business transactions with honesty and integrity. I will treat each customer with respect, making sure they fully understand the services for which they have contracted. I will regard fellow videographers, and other trade professionals, with respect.

• Strive at all times to produce work of the highest possible quality.

• Constantly advance and improve my skill as a professional videographer. Further, I will share my knowledge with fellow videographers, students, and others who aspire to become professional videographers, so as to attempt to raise the standards of this industry.

• Engage in fair and honest business practices, adhering to local, state/provincial, or federal laws and rules.

• Use dependable equipment and accessories, which I will maintain in good working condition. I will also maintain and have available back-up equipment, wherever possible.

• Conduct myself with grace and professionalism at any House of Worship, or other facility that I enter. It shall be my goal to establish a positive working relationship with the other professionals and clergy. My attire and demeanor shall be appropriate to the dignity of the occasion.

Code of Ethics modified from WEVA International