President's Message. Are You an Advocate?
Association President Dave Rupert, CMIR, discusses advocating for the issues you are passionate about including global sustainability and health care reform. "How we advocate our positions and react to change will no doubt impact our futures–globally, nationally and within the Investment Recovery Association."
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When "Doing More With Less" Becomes an Opportunity Sometimes contracting IR professionals can be a win - win for both parties. Investment recovery (IR) departments are historically understaffed, and
today’s economic downturn has exacerbated the issue. The corporate
mantra of “do more with less” has made it difficult for many programs
to provide the level of service to which their customers and clients
are accustomed.
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TRUST US... We Know Antitrust Antitrust policies protect both the associate member and the individual members of the association Trade associations, which, by their very nature involve interaction
among competitors, are subject to close scrutiny for antitrust
violations. Criminal sanctions for inappropriate behavior have
increased substantially over the past decade (up to $10 million for
corporations and $350,000 and three years in jail for individuals!), so
members must be very careful to keep their activities within the
prescribed bounds.
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CMIR's Take Ethics Pledge Adherence to the code of ethics promotes confidence in the professionalism of our members Ethical and professional conduct are the hallmarks of those achieving
Certified Manager of Investment Recovery status. Below is the pledge
that almost 200 CMIRs have taken upon completing their coursework and
passing the required examinations.
Gordie Chennell Wins Bell Aliant Achievement Award Gordie Chennell takes scrap wire sales from zero to $750,000, wins Bell Aliant Achievement Award Late in 2007, it was identified that Bell Aliant had not recovered any
salvage dollars for scrap wire or wire pulled from service from large
tear-down projects. Gordon Chennell, operations manager-materials,
started on a fact-finding mission that led to the development of a new
business process to ensure Bell Aliant received reasonable returns on
the sale of this scrap wire.