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Code of Ethics
ONE-A person holding membership in the Society, by
virtue of having successfully met all of its examination requirements,
may use the designation of either "Certified in Transportation and
Logistics" (CTL), or "Certified Member-American Society of
Transportation and Logistics (CM-AST&L). A person holding membership
in the Society by virtue of having qualified under the Founder requirements,
may use the designation "Founder Member-American Society of Transportation
and Logistics" (FM-AST&L). A person holding membership in the
Society, by virtue of having qualified under the Sustaining requirements,
may use the designation "Sustaining Member-American Society of Transportation
and Logistics" (SMAST&L). A person holding membership in the
Society, by virtue of having qualified under the Educator requirements,
may use the designation "Educator Member-American Society of Transportation
and Logistics" (EM-AST&L). A person holding membership in the
Society, by virtue of having qualified under the Associate or Affiliate
requirements, may use the designation "Associate or Affiliate Member-American
Society of Transportation and Logistics" (AM-AST&L or AF-AST&L).
A person who has qualified in any of the above categories and who has
retired from active pursuit of the profession shall be entitled to use
the designation "Member Emeritus-American Society of Transportation
and Logistics" (ME-AST&L).
TWO-A person holding membership in the Society
shall strictly observe any law or laws regarding the use
and application of the title "Transportation and Logistics
Manager," or other similar designations, which may be
in effect in the particular state or states in which such
member resides, is employed, or engages in practice.
THREE-A The conduct of those holding membership
in this Society with each other and before the public generally
should be characterized by candor and fairness, and should
be such as to uphold at all times the honor of their calling
and to maintain the dignity of their profession.
FOUR-A person holding membership in the
Society shall consider and hold confidential all information
received in the course of employment, and shall not disclose
same except upon authority of the client or clients to which
such information properly belongs, or when required
to do so by a mandate of law.
FIVE-No one holding membership in the Society
shall undertake to render professional services under any
circumstances or upon any terms that would jeopardize the
good name of the profession or impair the standing of any
other person.
SIX-Those holding membership in the Society
are hereby deemed responsible for the professional conduct
of persons in their employ. Consequently, they should, through
exemplary conduct on their own part, strive at all times
to secure observance by their employees of this code of ethics.
MOTTO
"Toward Excellence in Transportation and Logistics"
CONSTITUTION of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPORTATION AND
LOGISTICS, INC.
ARTICLE I
Name
The name of the organization shall be the American Society of Transportation
and Logistics, Inc.
ARTICLE II
Objects and Purposes
Section 1. The objects and purposes of
the Society are to establish, promote, and maintain high
standards of knowledge and professional training; to formulate
a code of ethics for the profession; to advance the professional
interests of members of the organization; to serve as a
source of information and guidance for the fields of traffic,
transportation, logistics, and physical distribution management;
and to serve the industry as a whole by fostering professional
accomplishments.
Section 2. The objects are to be served
and accomplished by the composition and publication of
outlines and syllabi of materials for study; the dissemination
of information designed to advance the profession; assisting
educational institutions or other organizations conducting
or planning to conduct courses of study in transportation,
traffic, and physical distribution management; upholding
a professional code of ethics; recognizing accomplishments
in the field of traffic, transportation, logistics, and
physical distribution management; conducting examinations
for membership in the Society; promoting friendly intercourse
and united action among other associations having similar
purposes, and doing any and all other acts or things which
may be found necessary in carrying out the objects and
purposes of the Society.
ARTICLE III
Membership
The membership of this Society shall consist of persons who are or have been
actively engaged in, or who have demonstrated a professional commitment to
transportation, logistics or traffic administration, either in the independent
practice of the profession, or through employment by any industry, carrier,
civic, educational, industrial or trade organization or governmental agency,
or as a student. This membership shall consist of eight (8) classes: Certified,
Founder, Sustaining, Educator, Associate, Member Emeritus, Candidate and Affiliate.
Voting rights shall rest with active members of the following six (6) categories:
Certified, Founder, Sustaining, Educator, Associate and Member Emeritus. The
requirements for each class shall be as provided in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE IV
Board of Directors
Section 1. The management of the Society
and the authority for the conduct of its affairs shall
be vested in a Board of Directors consisting of twenty-seven
(27) members elected by the membership. One (1) member
of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the members
of the Board to be its Chairman. The initial officers and
Board of Directors are named in the Articles of Incorporation,
and shall serve through the annual meeting of 1947. New
members of the Board of Directors, selected by the membership,
shall be elected for terms of three (3) years so that the
terms of seven (7) shall expire each successive year. Six
(6) additional members elected to said Board as Regional
Vice Presidents at the 1979 annual meeting shall be elected
so that two (Eastern and Central) are for three (3) years;
two (Western and Southwestern) are for two (2) years; two
(Southern and Canadian, Foreign and Non-Contiguous States)
are for one (1) year. Thereafter, the six (6) Regional
Vice Presidents shall be elected for terms of three (3)
years each.
Section 2. A quorum of the Board of Directors
shall consist of nine (9) of its members except for the
filling of vacancies which shall require a majority of
the then existing Directors who have been elected by the
membership of the Society; and the act of the majority
of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum
is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 3. At the expiration of the term
of each member of the Board of Directors who was elected
by the membership of the Society, a successor shall be
elected by the membership at the next Annual Election.
Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors caused
by death, resignation, increase in number of Directors,
or otherwise, shall be filled by a majority of the then
existing Directors who have been elected by the membership
of the Society, until the next Annual Election, at which
time the membership shall elect a Director to fill the
vacancy for the unexpired term.
Section 4. Members of the Board of Directors
need not be residents of the State of Incorporation, but
shall hold membership in the Society at the time of their
election.
Section 5. Associate Members are not eligible
for election to the Board of Directors.
Section 6. The duties of the Board of
Directors shall be as provided in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE V
Officers
The officers of the Society consist of a Chairman, a President, a Vice President,
a Secretary-Treasurer, Director of Education and General Counsel, all of whom
shall be elected by and from the Board of Directors. They shall hold memberships
other than Associate Membership in the Society. A vacancy in any office shall
be filled by election by the Board of Directors of a successor for the unexpired
term. Officers shall be elected as provided in the Bylaws and shall serve for
one (1) year or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
The duties of the officers shall be as provided in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
Executive Committee
The Board of Directors, shall, after proper resolution adopted by a majority
of the whole Board, designate nine (9) of its members to constitute an Executive
Committee, which Executive Committee shall have and exercise all of the authority
of the Board of the management of the Corporation in the interim between meetings
of the Board of Directors, but the designation of such Committee and the delegation
thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors or
any member thereof of any responsibility imposed upon it or him by law. Vacancies
in the Executive Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors
ARTICLE VII
Finance Committee
There shall be a standing committee to be appointed by the President, subject
to the approval of the Board of Directors, from the membership at large, to
be designated and known as a Finance Committee. This Committee shall consist
of a Chairman, together with four (4) other members, one of whom shall be as
provided in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VIII
Board of Examiners
There shall be a Board of Examiners consisting of five (5) or more members
selected from the membership of the Society, and the Registrar. Subject to
the approval and consent of the Board of Directors, the Director of Education
shall appoint the Registrar and the members of the Board of Examiners, and
he or she may choose to serve as chairman thereof. if, however, the Director
of Education does not so choose, he or she shall with the approval and consent
of the Board of Directors, appoint the Chairman of the Board of Examiners and
shall serve as an ex officio member of that Board. The duties of the Board
of Examiners shall be provided in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE IX
Annual and Special Meetings
The Annual Meeting shall be held within four months after close of the fiscal
year on the day and at a place to be designated by the Board of Directors.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall give at least thirty (30) days written notice
to the membership of the exact date and place of such annual meeting. Special
meetings of the Society may be called by the Board of Directors upon approval
of a majority of its members, or upon written request of twenty-five (25) persons
holding membership in the Society. Ten (10) days notice of such special meeting
shall be given to the membership, which notice shall state the purpose of the
meeting.
ARTICLE X
Termination of Corporation
In the event of termination of the corporation or of unforeseen events rendering
it impossible to carry on or achieve the objects stated in Article II hereof,
the funds remaining shall not be distributed among the members, but the Board
of Directors, or upon its failure to act, the surviving Directors shall determine
and contribute to what may be the nearest or most analogous educational purpose
to which such funds may be contributed and thereupon the corporation may be
dissolved and its charter surrendered.
ARTICLE XI
Amendment of Constitution
This Constitution may be amended by mail ballot or at any regular or special
meeting of the Society by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership voting at
that meeting or by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership voting by mail,
provided such proposed amendment has been approved by resolution of the majority
of the Board of Directors and a notice of intention to amend the Constitution
has been mailed by the Secretary-Treasurer to the entire membership of the
Society with a notice of the meeting at least thirty (30) days prior to the
date of the meeting.
