All individuals (Users, Suppliers, Staff, Auditors, etc.) involved with the Nadcap activity shall exhibit acceptable professional standards of conduct and uphold and advance the integrity of Nadcap.

Each individual is expected to exercise impartial professional judgment to assure confidence in the integrity of Nadcap by avoiding conflicts of interest in all Nadcap related activities.

When a competing interest has the potential to preclude or impair exercising one's independent professional judgment or unreasonably jeopardize the integrity of the Nadcap activity, the individual should disassociate themselves from that particular activity. Any person associated with the Nadcap activity who believes that continued participation by any other person may jeopardize the integrity of Nadcap should bring the matter to the attention of the Nadcap Management Council (NMC).

All Nadcap Staff, its Auditors, Nadcap Management Council (NMC) and Task Group Members shall maintain proprietary or confidential information with which they become familiar as a result of their exposure to the supplier and/or reports during the accreditation process appropriately. Information of this type shall not be shared with individuals or organizations having no right to this information.

All individuals associated with the Nadcap audit and review process shall avoid using undue influence or personal conversation to influence the audit results or the review process.

Any known violations to the above policy may be reported by sending an email to the Nadcap Ethics Committee at NadcapEthics@sae.org