Ethics & Fraud In Window Cleaning

CSG provides window cleaning services for low, mid and high rise buildings. They are also empowering employees by supporting & maintaining high ethical and professional standards to combating fraud in the workplace.

CSG Launches Ethics & Fraud Reporting Hotline - Contract Services Group, Inc. (CSG), a leading building services contractor, announces the launch of the CSG Ethics & Fraud Hotline. The CSG Ethics & Fraud Hotline is designed to empower employees to support maintaining high ethical and professional standards and combating fraud in the workplace.

From its inception CSG has always been guided by the standard established by its founder, provide quality services to our clients at competitive prices, always treat our employees with dignity and respect, and abide by all government rules and regulations.

“CSG’s business practices are centered on what we call our Core Values,” said John Pearce, Founder and CEO of Contract Services Group, Inc. “We will not tolerate dishonest conduct or time theft. We strive for the highest ethical standards,” commented Casey Pearce, President of Contract Services Group, Inc.

The CSG Ethic & Fraud Hotline will allow any employees to call without identifying themselves to report any work related issues that are detrimental to all our best interests. All callers may remain anonymous. All calls will be thoroughly investigated.

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CSG joins Starwood, Hilton, and Marriot and many others in establishing ethics initiatives to support integrity in business practices. CSG has refined the systems, procedures and resources essential to maintain and enhance janitorial and hospitality cleaning services. CSG provides facilities services and specialty cleaning services for hospitality, timeshares, luxury apartments, office facilities, universities and government and technology facilities throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. CSG also designs and installs window washing systems nationwide.

Failure by tradesmen to declare earnings said to cost economy £2billion a year. More than half of homeowners (54 per cent) believe there is nothing wrong with paying a builder in cash, as well as a window cleaner (56 per cent) and a gardener (53 per cent).

Cash in hand economy booms in Britain - Nearly a third of Brits have paid ‘cash-in-hand’ for a tradesman three times or more in the last year, according to new research. According to research from Confused.com, 81 per cent of Brits have paid cash-in-hand to a tradesman to help solve expensive household and maintenance issues. Nearly a third (30 per cent) of people in the UK have paid cash-in-hand three times or more in the last year alone.
 

More than one in seven (14 per cent) of those questioned would rather pay less money for a service by paying cash, even if they knew the tradesman was avoiding tax. Additionally, more than one in six people in the UK have paid cash knowing that their tradesman is avoiding tax. Treasury Minister David Gauke has sparked debate after saying it was “morally wrong” for homeowners to pay tradesmen cash-in-hand knowing they intended to avoid paying tax on it.
 

Over half (51 per cent) of homeowners, however, do not believe there is anything wrong with paying tradesmen cash in hand. Many claim this is to save money, with 42 per cent explaining this is their motivation to pay in cash. The government is now concerned, however, as under the table payments are costing the UK economy an estimated £2 billion a year. There is no law against paying someone in cash, but tradesmen are under legal obligation to disclose their earnings to HMRC to determine whether they are liable for income tax or VAT.
 

It was found that more than half (54 per cent) of people believe that there is nothing wrong paying a builder in cash, as well as a window cleaner and a gardener, even if they understand that are unlikely to pay tax. However, only one in 10 (10 per cent) of Brits say they would report a tradesman to HMRC for tax evasion, even if they knew they were actively avoiding paying tax.