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NAPM-Memphis, Inc. Purpose |
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NAPM-Memphis is a not-for-profit corporation organized
and operated not for pecuniary profit, but exclusively for educational purposes
within the meaning of Section (501 (c)(3)) of the Internal Revenue Code
(hereinafter referred to as the “Code”), and in the connection, the purposes for
which NAPM-Memphis shall be organized and operated are as follows:
(a) To foster and promote interchange of
ideas and cooperation among its members.
(b) To promote the study, development, and application of
purchasing management and supply management, including improved procurement or
purchasing methods and practices and all matters related to the foregoing
(hereinafter referred to as "the purchasing management and supply
profession").
(c) To collect and
disseminate by all lawful means information of interest and benefit to its
members, including surveys and reports of current business trends and other
information of interest to the purchasing management and supply management
profession.
(d) To develop and
encourage standards of personal and ethical conduct among persons engaged in the
purchasing and supply management profession.
(e) To develop, sponsor, promote and encourage a professional
certification program for persons engaged in the purchasing and supply
management profession.
(f) To
encourage and cooperate in the institution and development of educational
courses, seminars, programs and materials on the subject of purchasing and
supply management and all matters related thereto.
(g) To strive by all lawful means to promote and enhance the
purchasing and supply management profession.
(h) To be affiliated with the Institute for Supply
Management, Inc. ('ISM') and other associations or organizations of persons
engaged in the purchasing and supply management profession throughout the
United States and all foreign countries.
(i) To cooperate, collaborate and exchange information by lawful
means with professional, trade and other associations and organizations of
persons engaged in the purchasing and supply management profession, and to
advance public relations with governmental agencies and the public in general
concerning the purchasing and supply management profession.
(j) To do any other act or thing incidental to or
connected with the foregoing purposes or in advancement thereof, but not for the
pecuniary profit or financial gain of its members, directors or officers, except
as otherwise permitted by the laws of the State of Tennessee.
In the accomplishment of these purposes,
it shall be the policy of NAPM-Memphis to comply at all times with all existing
and future laws, including the antitrust laws, and in furtherance of this
policy, no activity or program shall be sponsored or conducted by or within
NAPM-Memphis which in any manner whatsoever shall represent or be deemed a
violation of any existing or future law, including the antitrust laws, all in
accordance with the ISM Statement of Antitrust Policy and Guide for
Antitrust Compliance, as amended from time to time by the Board of Directors
of ISM.
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