NASEMBA Business Alliance
North American Small and Emerging Market Business Association, Inc., dba NASEMBA Business Alliance, is a faith-based, business and community development initiative created to provide a base of support to small and emerging market businesses.
Our Mission
The mission of the NASEMBA Business Alliance is to serve as an organization committed to encouraging the systematic, fair market exchange of goods and services between our members in order to continually circulate funds throughout the community. And, as an advocate for small, micro-enterprise, and emerging market businesses, we will seek funding for the development of resources to support and assist startup businesses as we stand before local, state, and federal government on behalf of our members.
Code of Practice for Members of NASEMBA Business Alliance
1. NASEMBA Members actively involved in the mission and goals of the Business Alliance agree to commit to the following public "contract of trust" with each other and with any Clients:
a. To advance the understanding of the mission and goals of NASEMBA, and assist in the growth of our Alliance by presenting the mission and goals of NASEMBA, its business networking functions and its marketing opportunities by sharing relevant information and benefits of NASEMBA membership with prospective and actual Clients in an effort to identify individuals seeking other Member’s services, excellent customer service, having a desire to own a business, seeking funding to expand a business, better manage an existing business, or having resources that may be mutually beneficial to other NASEMBA Members;
b. To safeguard the reputation and interests of NASEMBA Members at all times, and thereby to inspire the confidence of all Clients and contacts in buying into the mission and goals of NASEMBA and the services provided by its members; c. Not to enter into any agreement nor carry out any act which could imply or result in liability on the part of other NASEMBA Members, except in the case of Members whose services may be retained via subcontract in which event the liability of such Members for such services shall be clearly set out in writing; d. Neither to make false claims regarding statistics, qualifications, knowledge and experience nor to make any other form of misrepresentation regarding NASEMBA, its membership base, compensation, or its impact on the small business community; e. Neither to make unsolicited criticisms of NASEMBA Members of the Alliance, their products and services, or financial standing, or other aspects of their business, nor knowingly to make unsolicited approaches to other Members’ Clients or prospects to the detriment of those Members, except in the case of widely distributed publicity and marketing materials or unsolicited attendance of a networking event; f. Neither to make misleading inferences about sales statistics or technological capabilities nor, through omission of qualifying information, intentionally to allow Clients or employees to make such inferences; g. To give excellent service and to use all reasonable endeavors to provide a high standard of competence, objectivity and integrity in all dealings with prospective Clients, actual Clients and other NASEMBA Members; h. To safeguard the confidentiality of all information concerning Clients, NASEMBA Members and/or other partners; i. To actively support the aims and objectives of the Alliance, to honor all agreements made with Clients and to promptly pay all fees due to other NASEMBA Members as services are rendered in business to business transactions. |
2. NASEMBA Members actively involved in the mission and goals of the Alliance agree to commit to developing a sound reputation for the Alliance and all its members by upholding high standards of professionlism and business ethics and doing everythiing humanly possible to operate within the guidelines set forth in the Constitution of NASEMBA.