Standards of Professional Conduct

• A Certified Lease Professional will always strive to conduct all business dealings in an honest, ethical, and professional manner.
  
  
• A Certified Lease Professional will respect ownership of funds delivered as advanced fees or security deposits and will treat in a fiduciary capacity all funds received in that capacity.
  
  
• A Certified Lease Professional will strive to constantly gain additional education to improve his/her professional competency and will work to promote education and integrity within the leasing industry.
  
  
• A Certified Lease Professional will never make false or misleading statements to his/her employer, customers, vendors or funding sources.
  
  
• A Certified Lease Professional will never be involved in fraudulent activities in business dealings within the equipment leasing industry.
  
  
• A Certified Lease Professional will always treat with confidentiality, as defined by law, all information regarding customers, vendors, funding sources and credit reporting agencies.
  
  
• A Certified Lease Professional will act in a leadership role in the industry and always be held to the highest standards of conduct applicable to the industry.
  
  

Use of the CLP Designation

As a Certified Lease Professional, you may use the CLP designation on business letterhead, business cards and other business documents and correspondence. The CLP designation may also be used after a name when writing an article or in a resume, biography or other professional situation.