As members of the Texas Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, Inc. we shall strive to maintain the highest level of integrity and professionalism within the electronic protection industry by adhering to this Code of Ethics.

• We shall maintain a high level of honesty, integrity and quality in the sale, service, installation and monitoring of electronic systems and any other services offered.
• We shall work continuously to improve the craftsmanship and quality of installations through proper training and education of all concerned.
• Provide mutual support and assistance between members and disseminate information vital to the alarm industry.
• Cooperate with and assist regulatory agencies in producing codes and legislation beneficial to the general public and the alarm industry.
• Strive to eliminate excessive regulation that causes increased consumer cost with no apparent benefits.
• Support resolution of disputes through independent arbitration.
• Maintain a good relationship with state and local government agencies. Conduct business within the laws and ordinance of said agencies.
• Participate in worthwhile community activities, which relate to areas outside the security industry as well as within.
• Strive to eliminate false alarms by maintaining a high standard of professionalism with regard to the sale, installation and monitoring of electronic systems, and through proper education of the general public in their use.

The following rules are applicable to all TBFAA activities and must be observed in all situations and under all circumstances, without exception or qualification other than as noted below.
1. Neither TBFAA nor any committee, product group, conference or activity of TBFAA shall be used for the purpose of bringing about, or attempting to bring about, any understanding or agreement, whether written or oral, formal or informal, expressed or implied, among competitors with regard to prices, terms or conditions of sale, discounts, distribution, volume of production, territories or customers.
2. No TBFAA activity or communication shall include discussion or action, for any purpose or in any fashion, of prices or pricing methods, production quotas or other limitations on either the timing or volume of production or of sales, or involve allocation of territories or markets or customers in any way.
3. No TBFAA committee or product group shall undertake any activity which involves exchange or collection and dissemination among competitors, of any information regarding prices, pricing methods, cost of production, or of labor or sales or distribution or individual company statistics of any kind, without first obtaining the advice of legal counsel, provided by the Association, as to those proper and lawful methods by which these activities may be pursued.
4. No TBFAA activity or communication shall include any discussion or action which might be construed as an attempt to prevent any person or business entity from gaining access to any market or to any customer for goods or services, or to prevent or boycott any business entity from obtaining a supply of goods or otherwise purchasing goods or services freely in the market.
5. No TBFAA activity or communication shall include any discussion or action which might be construed as a agreement or understanding to refrain from purchasing any raw materials, equipment, services or other supplies from any supplier.
6. Neither TBFAA nor any committee or product group thereof, shall make any effort to bring about the standardization of any product or method of manufacture or certification of any product or program, for the purpose of preventing the manufacture or sale of any product not conforming to a specified standard or which would tend to have the overall effect of either lessening competition or resulting in a degree of price stabilization.
7. No person or company shall be unreasonably excluded from TBFAA membership or participation in any TBFAA activity, committee or product group, where such exclusion may impair such person’s or company’s ability to compete effectively in the private security alarm industry.
8. In conducting TBFAA committee meetings, or product group meetings, the chairman thereof shall prepare and follow a formal agenda. Minutes of each meeting shall be distributed to all persons who attended such meetings. Approval of the minutes shall be obtained from the membership of the committee or product group at its next meeting. Copies of the minutes shall be transmitted to the TBFAA office.