LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Copyright

Copyright © 2003-2008 by Kenneth W. Johnson dba/Responsible Business Associates and the Ethics & Policy Integration Centre. All rights reserved.

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This Web Site, and its companion site, www.epic-online.net (the “Sites”), do not confer, and shall not be deemed to confer, upon anyone any license under any of Kenneth W. Johnson or Responsible Business Associates' intellectual property rights, except as specifically provided for herein, or any third party’s intellectual property rights at all.

General Disclaimer

Kenneth W. Johnson, doing business as Responsible Business Associates (RBA), maintains the Sites for your information, education, and enjoyment, and to give you a basic understanding of the ethics and policy services offered by it. RBA publishes the Sites as a service to our clients and friends for informational purposes only, and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should not consider any information on the Sites to be legal advice and should not act upon any such information without seeking professional counsel. Use of and access to the Sites does not create an attorney-client or any other relationship between Kenneth W. Johnson and the user or browser. Accordingly, do not send us any confidential information unless and until a formal attorney-client relationship has been established, as such information will not be protected by the attorney-client or any other privilege. If any communication from the Sites is not in conformity with any jurisdiction's rules and regulations governing lawyer conduct, Kenneth W. Johnson will not accept representation which is based upon such communication.

We have attempted to provide users of the Sites access to other websites of possible interest by installing hyperlinks to such sites. Kenneth W. Johnson makes no representation or warranty whatsoever, including as to accuracy or completeness, of any of the information that may be accessed from the Sites. By including a hyperlink to another website, Kenneth W. Johnson makes no endorsement of the views or opinions stated therein.

Ethical norms, laws, and regulations are varied and changing, and can only be understood in the light of a specific context. The information contained in the Sites is solely intended to stimulate further thought and dialogue regarding matters of ethics and policy that may be of interest to you, to point the way for further inquiry, and provide information about our services. Nothing herein shall to any extent substitute for the independent investigations and sound technical and business judgment of the reader.

The text, data, graphics, and organization comprising the Sites (the “Materials”) are provided with the understanding that neither the authors nor the publisher are rendering legal or other professional advice or services thereby. Accordingly, they are not to be used as a substitute for legal advice or other professional advice or services. You are encouraged to seek legal and other professional advice concerning your specific situation before making any decision or taking any action.

Please feel free to browse the Sites, but you must accept full responsibility for its use. If you are not willing to accept such responsibility, you should exit the Sites now. Otherwise, access and use of the Sites are subject to the following terms and conditions and all applicable laws.

Terms and Conditions

1. The Materials may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions without the written consent of Kenneth W. Johnson. Permission may be obtained by emailing the publisher at: info@Responsible-Business.com. We neither represent nor warrant that your use of Materials displayed on the Sites will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Kenneth W. Johnson.

2. You may download Materials for noncommercial, personal use provided that you include all copyright notices contained thereon and the entire web page is displayed as intended. Photographs may not be separated from the web page they are contained in. You may not copy, distribute, modify, or use any of the materials on the Sites for commercial or public purposes without the written consent of Kenneth W. Johnson.

3. Permission is hereby granted to link to any web pages on the Sites provided the entire web page is displayed as intended.

4. While we have made reasonable effort to ensure that the information contained in the Sites is reliable, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of the Materials. All Materials are provided “as is,” with no guarantees of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or as to the results obtained from the use thereof, and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Some jurisdictions, however, may not permit the exclusion of implied warranties, so that this disclaimer may not apply to you.

5. Kenneth W. Johnson assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable, for any damage to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property, on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Sites or your downloading of Materials from the Sites.

6. Links on certain of these pages lead to resources located on servers maintained by persons over whom Kenneth W. Johnson has no control. These resources are provided as a courtesy only, and Kenneth W. Johnson makes no representations regarding the accuracy or other aspects of the information contained on such servers.

Posting to the Site

Portions of these Sites may provide you with the opportunity to post and exchange information, ideas, and opinions (“postings”). Be advised that Kenneth W. Johnson does not screen, edit or review postings prior to their appearance on the Site, and postings do not necessarily reflect his views. In no event shall Kenneth W. Johnson assume or have any responsibility or liability for the postings.

Kenneth W. Johnson reserves the right to monitor all postings and to remove any that it considers in its sole discretion to be commercial solicitations or inconsistent with the purposes of the Sites, unlawful, or offensive. You hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to all posting that you provide and all materials that they contain. You hereby authorize Kenneth W. Johnson to use and/or authorize others to use all or part of your postings in any manner, format, or medium that he or such other parties see fit.