Because maintaining the integrity of the LOS is essential,
the
Corporation,
with the recommendation of the
IBOAI,
adopted special Rules
of Conduct to
help you protect it.
One of those is
Rule 6.5,
the Non-competition and Anti-Raiding Rule. While you are
free to operate other businesses while you’re an IBO, this
rule says you must not operate one that uses a tiered
compensation plan, is a network-marketing opportunity, or
sells competing products.
In particular, other network-marketing opportunities require
building – or bringing with you – a line of sponsorship for
growth. Many who leave one network-marketing opportunity
join another only to tear away their line of sponsorship
from one business and plug it into the other, affecting not
only their own individual business but also that of their
uplines and downlines. The temptation of those remaining is
to contact the one who has left for the new opportunity to
check out the deal, but that puts them in legal jeopardy of
not completing their non-compete and non-solicitation break,
plus it potentially jeopardizes their own status. For
everyone’s sake, all communications must sever.
Just as devastating are those in other network-marketing
businesses who solicit IBOs from your own LOS. Sometimes
they’re former IBOs who raid your Line
of Sponsorship. We all have to be on the lookout for them,
but to help discourage them the Corporation, with the
IBOAI’s
recommendation, implemented the Anti-Raiding part of the
Rule. It says that even when you leave
Amway Global
(formerly
Quixtar),
you can’t solicit Amway Global IBOs or otherwise “interfere
in the Amway Global business of other IBOs.” It’s meant to
protect everyone’s LOS.
This is a business that depends on relationships, and the
LOS is its greatest asset. We must always be on the guard to
protect the LOS against those who would rob us of it. The
best way to protect it is to build strong relationships and
profitable IBOs who remain in our LOS.
Note: One of the criteria for achieving
Amway Global Accreditation
is applying Best Practices. In this series, IBOAI explores
the Amway Global Best Practices and how to apply them to
your IBO business.
See more of the IBOAI’s IBO Best Practices
