Throughout
the world people have awakened to the importance of
the system of free enterprise - a system of private
individuals working in the freedom of the market place
in competition with each other, creating wealth and
employment for society and providing the basis for stability.
The private sector must find solutions for society's
needs. Proposals to encourage and enable more Guamanians
to work, prosper, save, invest and realize their ambitions
can only come from an organization that is free from
bureaucracy and where every member has a say.
The Guam Chamber is such an organization. It is a voluntary
organization. Strong because of an extensive membership,
united in its goals of advancing the general welfare
and prosperity of Guam and guided by its Code of Ethics.
With only four employees, it has no bureaucracy to strangle
proposals, but rather encourages membership input.
Businesses sometimes fail to recognize the fact that
the Chamber of Commerce is their salesman and watchdog
- unceasingly promoting their products and services
while at the same time protecting their interests. This
is particularly important in the political arena, where
a single voice can go unheard, but the collective, united
voice of the Chamber of Commerce has often proven effective
and beneficial to business.
Who are we?
The Guam Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit voluntary
association of business and professional individuals
and firms united in their desire to improve business
and build a better social and economic community on
Guam.
How do we work?
The Chamber is governed by a volunteer 17 member Board
of Directors elected by the membership yearly. The Board
of Directors is vested with the power to establish the
Chamber's public position and policies. The Board elects
its officers to form the Chamber's Executive Committee
which functions as a clearinghouse on Chamber matters.
Most Chamber work is carried out by Chamber members
through a network of committees. A work plan is drafted
early in the administrative year, providing the blueprint
for the Chamber's work.
What do we do?
The scope of Chamber activities is unlimited, depending
on the needs of the community and the desire and ability
of the Chamber to carry them out. Chambers of Commerce
have traditionally been the information agency of an
area or community, maintaining factual data, folders
and maps to answer inquiries of all types, whether they
be personal interviews, by telephone or by mail, coming
from residents and visitors alike. The Chamber promotes
the area's economy and encourages business and industrial
investment, broadening the tax base and providing employment.
To business prospects and newcomers, the Chamber represents
the community's "front door."
Code of Ethics
Each member of the Guam Chamber of Commerce ascribes
to a Code of Ethics which serves as inspiration for
each Member to rise above minimum standards. Through
the code, the Chamber proclaims and reaffirms its commitment
to the highest ideals of principled free enterprise
in the American democratic tradition and in the context
of America's outpost in the Pacific Rim. While each
Member must find within his own conscience his own measure
of right and wrong, as a body, the Chamber adopts this
code to encourage and exhort its Members to the common
good, within its purposes, and, when necessary, to judge
that conduct which is unbecoming a Member of this Chamber.
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