Rules of 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.
  
  

Eligibility

Leasing professionals with the following prerequisites may apply:

1. A minimum five years of equipment leasing experience or at least three years of leasing and two years of commercial finance experience.
   
   
2. Acceptable character, ability and reputation.
   
   
3. Pledge, in writing, to adhere to the CLP Standards of Professional Conduct.
   
   

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.

For more information please contact Cindy Spurdle at the CLP Foundation 610-687-0213 or cindy@clpfoundation.org.