1. Ethics and Integrity in the Commercial Environmental Laboratory Industry Insuring a Balanced Approach for Procurement, Laboratory Analysis and Data Production J. Farrell & D. Speis ACIL Mid Winter Meeting February 7, 2006 Washington, DC

2. 2005 Meeting on Ethics and Integrity: Laboratory Focus Internal Programs - Training & Education  Clients & Employees - Compliance Monitoring  Proactive Approach

3. Controlling Client Ethical Confrontations Establish Client Expectations Effective Staff Training Solid Documentation Establishing the Ethical Boundary “Know When To Just Say No” Active Participation in Regulatory Rulemaking

4. Ethics & Integrity Continuum “No Hard Line” Regulatory Role - Expectation vs. Reality Client Role - Expectation vs. Reality Laboratory Role - Expectation vs. Reality

5. Regulatory Process & Expectations Rulemaking Process - Stakeholder Involvement - Responding to Stakeholder Involvement Accreditation - Ethics and Data Integrity Demonstrations

6. Client Processes and Expectations Procurement – One Sided - Low Bid - Commodity Perspective - E-Bid - Penalties Execution of Services - High Quality - Defensible Data (QC & Integrity) - Regulatory Agency Support Post Delivery Intervention - Data Changes - Laboratory Self- Discreditation - Regulatory Support

7.  Favorable Pricing  Prompt Execution  High Data Quality  High Data Integrity  Post Delivery Support Client Expectations for Laboratories

8.  Absence Of Loyalty  Absence Of Performance Incentives  Performance Taken For Granted  First Stop in the “Blame Game” Rewards of Meeting Client Expectations

9. ACIL Action Assuring Ethical Treatment  What Business Ethics Do We Expect From Colleagues? From Clients? From Regulators? Regulatory Process Client Process Communicating the Message  White Paper? Newsletter Articles? Integrating The Process “Getting the Message Across” (Group Discussion)