In our practice and in our day-to-day business, we see the supplier as a partner. At the end of the day, we're just selling goods. That's what we do at Costco. If you don't have a partner, if you don't have procurement, and you don't have the supplier to supply you, what are you going to sell?
It's important for us that the supplier makes some money because at the end of the day, if they don't, they're not going to be able to supply the consumer.
We're basically in the middle of the two. We have to do a good job serving the member and we have to do a good job negotiating with our vendors to make sure we get the best fair price out there.
That's what I call respect. I think if we respect vendors, a code of conduct will not necessarily need to be a necessity because you can deal with it.