| Disclaimer of
Warranties and Liabilities Refer also to the
Professional Independence and Ethics Statement, as also
summarized below.
- for appropriate introductions of relevant Professional Services and Area
Representatives, and the consequences thereof
- and for the discretionary choices we make about what content or
links to include
or exclude on this site
- and the quality of services or information which participants may
provide to executives or other users of our services
- and for the risks of reliance by executives upon organizations which are
promotional or governmental in nature
- and for the consequences of investment decisions by the
responsible executives
- and for the consequences of problems arising from the
difficulties of
project confidentiality
- and for the consequences of inappropriate actions by potential
users of these services
- and for compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
the United States
- and for compliance by our contacts with the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of the United States.
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on, and let us know how to fix it!
The gist of this is quite simple. We try to do the right thing,
applying the best knowledge and experience available to us at the time, but
the global direct investment market is vast, dynamic, very complex, and
beyond our control. We do the best we can to be of help to executives,
and to other participants in our services, but if you don't like our work,
don't use it. We can't control the actions of all the people who we
may introduce to each other in the interest of supporting the flow of
successful direct investment projects. Executives and the people who
serve them are responsible for their own professional conduct. We make
no guarantees about their actions or the outcomes of their work.
The mere fact that we try to introduce relevant and trusted professionals to the
people who are looking for their capabilities doesn't make us responsible
for the work they do, or the eventual results of their collaboration.
We're like a retailer, with lots of good products on the shelf, and
knowledge about what makes them different, but customers won't always choose
what is objectively "best" for their purposes, or use the product as
intended. Apparently good products may later prove to have quality
problems. We're not making an express or implied warranty of any sort about the quality of every
"product" or service that we might ever introduce. If we discover a problem with
product quality among the "suppliers" in this business, we'll just try to
get it resolved, or take that problem into consideration in any future
listings or
referrals. Our position on ethical conduct is also stated below. In short,
good people working together to achieve successful direct investment
projects in a responsible way for the mutual benefit of both business and
community development is the very core of our relationship development
business. It is not based on legal constraints. It is based on
doing the "right thing" to benefit all participants in the process by
bringing self-interests together in the spirit of the "invisible hand" which
creates value for both companies and communities in a competitive market,
rather than pursuing selfish interests which ultimately destroy value. |
| Explanation for active participants in the services of GDI Solutions
and other intended users of this website.
GDI Solutions attempts to provide objective and reliable information through
this website and all of our services, and encourages feedback about any
necessary updates or corrections, or problems with any service providers or
economic development representatives.
GDI Solutions attempts to apply such market knowledge, research work, and
contacts to objectively help investors identify very relevant professional
services and business locations, and the responsible local economic
development representatives,
as a free and independent service to corporate executives. The work is
funded by independent services provided to the participating professional
organizations and area representatives, which inherently involves potential
conflicts of interest between their own objectives and those of the
investor.
This includes services such as GUIDE which helps to
organize and share information which the participants have assured us to be
reliable representations of their own capabilities and investment conditions at
their locations, but we do not independently investigate and test the accuracy
and completeness of such information, nor are we necessarily aware of all
business risks which may apply to investment in a particular area. Users of such information should
always use their own judgment and careful research to review and investigate any
critical information on which they may choose to rely when making major
investment decisions. Caveat emptor!!!
We try in good faith to use our market knowledge, judgment,
and feedback from participants to continually improve the quality of the
information and introductions which are made available to support investment
decisions, and we believe that all of the participating organizations will be highly
motivated professionals in this field who want to share very reliable and
helpful information to executives through this process. Those who are
found to provide unreliable information will generally be excluded from any
future participation in our services, which we believe will be adequate
incentive to reinforce the usually genuine desire of participants to be helpful.
The responsibility for any investment decisions or the
selection of services remains entirely with the investor, and we assume no
liability for the potential consequences of reliance upon any information which
may prove to be less accurate than expected, nor for any problems which may
arise from inappropriate disclosure of confidential projects or plans by any
participants or other contacts who we may introduce.
The lists of Participants and
other contacts generally discloses in advance any contractual relationships we
may have to
provide services to organizations whose participation funds the free work of GDI
Solutions for executives. This is a shared service (such as SICR relationship development
work) involving three networks of contacts with potentially conflicting
interests simply by the nature of this marketplace. The performance of
specific services on behalf of area representatives (GUIDE), whether such GUIDE
services are performed directly by GDI Solutions or by other participating
professional service firms in cooperation with GDI Solutions, may be perceived
by some investors as a potential conflict of interest since we also use such
information when making recommendations for introductory meetings.
Whenever referrals are made to participating services or other contacts, we will
also disclose or respond to any enquiries about our relationships with the
organizations which are being introduced.
GDI Solutions does not assume liability for the services
performed by either participating organizations or other contacts who may be
introduced in our attempts to be helpful by sharing knowledge and contacts in
this niche more openly with people who wish to receive such assistance. We
are not acting as the agents or sales representatives of such service providers
or area representatives, and make no warranties about their capabilities, the
quality of their work, the accuracy of the information which they provide to GDI
Solutions or others, Rather than to directly sell or promote their
individual services, their shared investment in our work enhances our market
reach and provides opportunities for them to meet well-qualified prospects with
a strong interest in the potential benefits of their services. They,
however, sell their own services.
We also are making no warranty about finding and recommending
the "best" service or location relative to all other potential alternatives, or
among the preferences under consideration. We make good faith efforts to
identify relevant matches, but investors should also take advantage of the
professional insights of other service providers when making choices about major
investment projects. For example, location consultants may be able to
suggest valuable alternatives from their own experience which GDI Solutions did
not identify as a relevant match with the interests of the investor. We do
not attempt to introduce all potentially viable matches with the interests of an
investor, nor do we assure investors that we have always found the "best"
matches, given the thousands of available alternatives. Our goal is to
quickly and easily identify very good matches with the interests of the
investor, while the choice among them remains a matter for more detailed
analysis of the fit with the investor's needs.
In summary, we try very hard to make quality information and
introductions available quickly and easily, and we welcome feedback whenever
there are any specific concerns in this regard so that we may continually
improve the quality of our services and alert other investors to known problems
or risks. We cannot assume liability, however,
for the decisions which participants or contacts may take, or the impact of
their actions on the performance of a company or the economic development of a
community.
Once again, we are not "pushing" or acting as the agent or
representative of any one service or location, and we try to fully disclose in
advance any relationships which investors or others might regard as a potential
conflict of interest, recognizing that the nature of this business is to work
with all three networks of contacts and frequently with direct competitors.
Our role is to "pull" in relevant introductions and information according to the
preferences of participating executives, who remain responsible for their own
project planning and investment decisions.
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Here's the legalese to satisfy the usual
concerns about risks to this type of professional business, such as from lawyers
who should go seek opportunities elsewhere while we try to support local job creation and growth.
We're happy to introduce lawyers to contacts who need their expertise to
develop successful investment projects. Global
Direct Investment Solutions believes that the information contained in this
website or provided through our services to participants or other contacts
is accurate. However, the information is not warranted, and neither
Global Direct Investment Solutions, Inc. or any of its employees or
participating organizations in these services assumes any liability or
responsibility for actual, consequential, or incidental damages resulting
from inaccurate or erroneous information.
The decision to include or exclude any organization on the
lists presented through this website, or their position and description in
such lists and any related content, are at the discretion of Global Direct
Investment Solutions, Inc. and we do not warrant such lists to be complete,
nor assume any liability or responsibility for actual, consequential, or
incidental damages which any participant, contact, or other organization may
attribute to such editorial judgment about the website content, or to any
concerns about potential conflicts of interest or perceived unfairness or
impairment of independence in the professional judgment which we exercise
both in the content of this website and the choices which we make when
making suggestions to executives about services or business locations of
potential interest.
Similarly, we make no warranties to participating
executives, or assume any liability or responsibility for actuial,
consequential, or incidental damages resulting from the free services we
offer to help introduce relevant professional service providers or area
representatives who we believe to be appropriate to their interests
according to our knowledge at the time. We make no warranty that such
suggestions are the best or only suitable alternatives for their needs.
The choice of service providers or business locations is the responsibility
of the executives involved, who should exercise caution and judgment as well
as their own independent research as necessary to ensure that any
suggestions we may offer are indeed as appropriate and beneficial as
expected.
No part of this website may be may be reproduced, placed in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior
approval of Global Direct Investment Solutions, Inc. as the publisher of such
content. Similar restrictions typically apply to content which may be made
readily available through links on this website, for which any such permission
remains the responsibility of the user to obtain from the publisher of such
content.
Global Direct Investment Solutions, Inc. does not assume any
liability for inappropriate actions by users of this website, including any
unauthorized reproduction of content made available through links, or any
malicious or potentially criminal activities such as "hacking" or "worm" or
"virus" attacks on linked websites or through the e-mail of participants and
contacts. Such websites and e-mail users remain responsible for their own
protective measures against such inappropriate and disruptive or criminal
conduct by potential users of this website.
If made aware of such inappropriate activities by users of
this website or any active participants or contacts we may encounter in the
normal performance of our work, Global Direct Investment Solutions will take
such actions as we may deem to be necessary and appropriate at the time,
including cooperation with federal or international investigative officials,
professional associations, and private services to deter future actions of this
nature and assist in the prosecution of such activities.
Global Direct Investment Solutions, Inc. is not a foreign
agent within the definition of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and is
therefore not required to register with the US Department of Justice in
Washington, DC for compliance with such requirements, nor to provide copies of
this website content or any other promotional materials about Global Direct
Investment Solutions Inc. or any of the foreign investment promotion agencies or
other organizations which may choose to participate in these professional
services as clients, and whose own promotional activities and distribution of
promotional materials or advertising in the United States may fall within the
requirements of the Act and therefore require them to so register and provide
copies of any promotional materials distributed in the United States so that
such information is available for public inspection.
Global Direct Investment Solutions, Inc. does not directly
promote investment in any country. Such promotional activities remain the
direct responsibility of the participating investment promotion organizations or
other contacts of Global Direct Investment Solutions, Inc., and the actual
investment decisions remain the sole responsibility of the executives involved
at the participating companies and other contacts, including professional
service providers who may advise and assist them.
We do not advocate "globalization" or investment in other
countries. We simply help to introduce relevant executives, professional
service providers, and area representatives so that they may assist each other
according to their interests.
Corporate executives should always be mindful that economic
development and investment promotion organizations, whether of public sector,
private sector, or a mixed nature, may choose not to disclose information about
known business risks or potential problems in the areas which they represent, or
may minimize or even misrepresent such risks at times, whether intentionally or
innocently, given their limited knowledge of such considerations and the
fundamentally promotional nature of the assistance which they offer to attract
investment to their areas.
Executives should generally seek independent professional
support or undertake their own "due diligence" work when planning major projects
to adequately assure themselves that the critical assumptions or "facts" on
which they are basing major investment decisions are indeed reliable assumptions
or facts.
Although we try to be vigilant within the limits of our
resources about any material misrepresentations or omissions which may come to
our attention, and attempt to validate what we regard to be the most material
assertions about the potential benefits and risks of specific services or
business locations for investors, we do not make any warranties about the
information which is provided to us, whether shared openly through this website
or through responses to investor enquiries.
Executives are also cautioned that negotiations with
governmental agencies involve risks over which we exercise no control and make
no warranties and assume no liabilities. Government agencies may change
policies and fail to honor prior commitments, as in the case of negotiated
incentives, with very little recourse available to an investor who may have
relied in good faith upon such agreements when making major investment
decisions. There are also risks of "clawbacks" or other penalties or
harmful actions when company plans are not implemented as expected, even if the
company acted in good faith and had to change from the intended plans because of
general economic or other conditions over which it had little or no control.
Negotiated incentives or other benefits may also be withdrawn unexpectedly when
it turns out that the officials involved exceeded their authority at the time,
even if the company executives and the officials involved believed in good faith
that they were acting within their authority and that all necessary approvals
were obtained. The process of negotiation with governmental organizations,
especially in countries where the rules of law are quite different or unstable,
involves risks which executives should consider carefully, amd we make no
warranties and assume no liability that such governmental organizations will
honor their agreements and not take actions which are harmful to the company.
Global Direct Investment Solutions, Inc. also assumes no
liability related to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the
United States by participating companies or other contacts, which remains the
sole responsibility of the executives at such companies. Employees of
Global Direct Investment Solutions are not authorized to provide any advice or
assistance to corporate executives which might potentially be deemed as
inconsistent with the requirements of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or
similar laws or regulations of other countries, as applicable
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