Bath Engineering has an impeccable reputation and sets the standard for Professional Ethics. The following guidelines establish and set the basis for the ethical standards that govern our professional behavior.

Respect the Law

Comply with the laws of the communities in which we do business
Comply with building codes, safety laws, and ecological laws
Avoid conflicts of interest with public officials

Respect the environment

Design for reduced energy consumption
Use recyclables when appropriate
Mitigate pollution

Respect communities

Give both time and money generously to charitable organizations
Participate in government, education, religious, and other community organizations

Respect clients

Provide excellent service in a timely manner
Comply with client-based design standards
Specify products and services that serve our clients’ interests
Charge honestly for our services
Do not offer gifts to our client’s employees
Do not collude with other engineering firms to fix prices

Respect employees

Provide good resources and office facilities
Provide learning opportunities
Compensate employees fairly
Make every job challenging, interesting, and fun
Consider the loss of an employee as a failure on the part of the company
Encourage employees to suggest methods for company improvement

Respect vendors and factory representatives

Treat vendors and factory representatives fairly
Pay bills on time
Do not accept inappropriate gratuities from vendors and factory representatives (no gift over $25 value and no more frequent than once per year)

Corporate Citizenship

Good corporate citizenship is a core value at Bath. We expect and encourage our employees to participate and take leadership roles in their respective communities. As a corporation, we use our technical abilities to show our clients how they can reduce quantity of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere. As individuals, we donate hundreds of hours each year to worthy organizations and charitable causes. The following is a partial list of the ways we contribute positively to society:

Bath selects charitable causes and over the years, has given to worthy causes including orphanages, cancer care centers, homes for battered women, and numerous health foundations.
Our employees participate and serve on public, religious, professional and charitable boards. Examples of their involvement include public school boards, church and synagogue boards, professional career organizations, local organizational boards, and charitable foundation boards.
Our employees regularly join together to work on worthy causes. In recent years, they collected funds for a homeless center, toys for needy children, and food for a regional food bank. In past years, they helped build a house for an elderly couple and build a playground for children.
Bath is often asked to work on architect/engineer teams designing churches and specialty centers. Bath generally donates all or a significant part of its fee back to the organization. Beneficiaries of this policy have been a Ronald McDonald House, a home for battered women, a playing field for handicapped children, and several churches.