9. POLICY BREACH AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES
The Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the exclusive right to suspend, terminate, and/or withhold payment of any rewards to any Member who violates any provision of this P&P, amendments, addendums, or any other violation. The Company may also suspend, terminate and/or revokes any and all rights under the Member Agreement, the PP and Reward Plans and will be effective upon the verification by the Company of said violations.
When the Company becomes aware of a breach, or of an alleged breach, one or more of the following procedures may apply during the course of an investigation, without recourse by the Member :
Warning: Official commencement of disciplinary procedures. Notice of violation and request to cease non-compliant behavior provided to the Member. The Member must make corrective changes that comply with these P&P in the time and manner designated by the Compliance Department or additional discipline may result.
Probation: The Member is prohibited from holding business meetings, from initiating or requesting system or profile changes, and from making changes to the information in the Company Back Office. The Member will have an allotted time, designated by the Compliance Department, to make corrective changes, and must commit to comply with these P&P or additional discipline may result.
Suspension: In addition to the prohibited activities of probation listed above, the Member is also prohibited from performing any business transactions, from receiving Rewards and from registering new Members. The Member has thirty (30) days, or less per Compliance Department request, to make corrective changes, and must commit to comply with these P&P.
Termination: The Membership of the violating Member is terminated. Policies and Procedures pertaining to termination and re-application apply. After an account has been terminated, it will be marked as red in the system. After a Member account has been terminated, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the former Member must cease to represent himself/herself as a Member of the Company.
The Company reserves the right to charge a fine, as determined by the Compliance Department, to a violating Member at any stage of the disciplinary process. The fine will be taken from the Member’s Bonus Point or billed directly to the Member (payable by any means that the Member has provided to the Company for payment of product(s). Failure to pay the fine after thrity (30) days may result in the automatic advancement of that Member to a higher disciplinary level.