Northern Economics, Inc. strives to provide its clients with economic and related analyses that are rigorous, accessible, and transparent so that society will benefit from informed decisions. We will provide this service using our adopted standards of practice which reflect our commitment to excellence, and our reputation for integrity by living our adopted standards of practice.

Northern Economics, Inc., recognizes its duty to serve the interests of all clients and to support its staff. A set of ethical principles and values furthers the company’s efforts in this task. These principles and values include the following:

• Personal integrity is the foundation for our professional ethics.
• We seek challenging work which requires solving complex issues using creativity, knowledge, and experience.
• Commitment to our clients and staff will foster loyalty to the company.
• Our achievements reflect the individuals on the staff working as a team.
• We strive to attain a quality of life that balances the demands of challenging work assignments with time to enjoy life.

• We believe in the importance of the projects we undertake, and truly desire to help our clients by using our expertise and experience in applied economic and related analyses.
• We take pride in the value we provide to our clients.
• We strive to clearly understand our clients’ goals and expectations in order to achieve success.
• We avoid situations that could affect our reputation for objectivity, or result in a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest.
• The staff of Northern Economics participates in developing company-wide policies, procedures, and processes to ensure the successful completion of work with the understanding that the entire staff embraces them. Such policies, procedures, and processes since they are only effective when the staff feels ownership of them and uses them in their daily work.
• The quality of our work is important to our clients and to us, and we will continue to develop better procedures and methods to provide products that meet the quality expectations of our clients and ourselves.
• We will seek to improve our ability to communicate effectively in a collaborative work environment where ideas are generously shared to foster project success.
• We understand the need to present clear explanations of economic, financial, management, and policy issues relating to the work we undertake, and will continue to improve our ability to express these ideas.
• We will continue to update and refine our professional capabilities and practice through benchmarking, networking, continuing education, and investment in our staff and corporate technology.