PRODUCTS:

What is Different about doing business with BEST BIND SYSTEMS?

Best Bind Systems, when doing business strives to follow the “four way test” of the Rotarian Movement:

• Is it the Truth?
• Is it Fair to all concerned?
• Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

We recognise that we may often fail in our striving and our objectives, but we would like to challenge our customers, suppliers and employees to remind us continually of our commitment, so that we have the opportunity to be reminded to always strive towards the highest standards in business and service to our community.

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails”
“ Do unto others as you do unto yourselves”

“It is not the big things, it’s the little things that we do on a regular basis that tell the story of what we are all about”

Henry David Thoreau, US essayist and Rotarian.

FOUNDING CHARTER: THE REASON FOR THE FORMATION OF BEST BIND SYSTEMS

The founders and staff of Best Bind Systems, acknowledge that they are founding a company during a prolonged period of economic down turn, and disturbance on the world’s business markets, and during a period of political unrest. For many of us this has also been a difficult time in our private economy and family situations.

We therefore considered this situation, and in forming the company we wish to recognize certain principles to which we and all our employees are committed to follow.

We recognize that we live in a capitalistic society where the creation of wealth is recognized as an end to itself, and those other values of fairness, ethical consideration of our society and each other are often lost in this single minded focus on making money.

We are not operating a charity and we do recognize that it is necessary to make a profit, but wish to commit to other values in conducting our business.

Our wish is that Best Bind Systems, be known and recognized as a company that is run differently, and has different values than a normal business company.

We wish to run the company and commit to the following objectives:

• We are committed to provide our customers and partners with products of good quality at competitive but fair prices.
• We are committed to providing SERVICE to our customers, our partners, suppliers, and each other, so that all involved receive an excellent product or service provided at competitive but fair prices.
• We recognize that in offering SERVICE as described above that we may from time to time have to compromise on exercising some of our rights.
• We recognize our dependence on our customers, partners, suppliers and employees. We commit to provide our customers, partners, suppliers and staff, with fair and competitive prices and salaries, to enable all to operate under safe, ethical trading and working conditions.
• To give our staff the opportunity to have meaningful employment with dignity and integrity.
• In choosing staff, we wish to choose character ahead of skills, believing that persons of good character can be trained. We wish to offer disadvantaged persons a chance if they meet our requirements.
• We commit to pay fair salaries, dividends and consultancy fees which will be on an average level for similar services provided within the society in which the payments are made.
• We commit to sharing the profit made with our staff and those who contribute to our success.
• Importantly, we commit to sharing some of our profit with those less fortunate in the societies in which we have prospered.
• We understand the need to operate rightly within the economic and ethical framework of the society and time in which we live, and our object is not only to enrich ourselves, but to share the profit and resources generated to help persons less favorably positioned.
• We recognize even when we strive to operate correctly, that from time to time, decisions made in business may not afterwards be seen to be ethical or just.
• For this reason, we commit that each year some of our profits shall be made available to offer financial assistance and risk capital for start up operations for smaller businesses, especially but not exclusively in Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS Countries.
• Other charity payments may be made from time to time, if recommended by the board of directors, but at the sole discretion of the owners of Best Bind Systems.

The Founding members of Best Bind Systems, and all joining staff employed by Best Bind Systems, understand, support and subscribe to the above Charter.

Staff joining Best Bind Systems will be expected to understand and support this charter.

Customers and Suppliers will be informed and encouraged to support the objectives outlined in this Founding Charter.