Code of Ethics and Client Standards
Code of Ethics and Client Standards
Effective Date: June 22, 2026
This Code of Ethics applies to The Authority Framework, Book Blueprint Course, Book Blueprint Elite, Fischer Research Group Global LLC, and any related coaching, consulting, publishing, training, or authority-building services offered by Christian J. Fischer and his team.
Our work helps clients turn their experience, story, knowledge, and business insight into books, frameworks, content, speaking opportunities, and authority assets.
We take that work seriously.
Clients, team members, collaborators, contractors, affiliates, and partners are expected to act with honesty, professionalism, and respect when participating in our programs or representing our work.
1. Honest and Accurate Communication
We do not believe in fake promises, inflated claims, or pressure-based selling.
All communication about our programs, services, client outcomes, and opportunities must be honest, clear, and not misleading.
Earnings and Business Results
We do not guarantee income, revenue, speaking fees, book sales, consulting clients, media opportunities, or business growth.
Some clients may use their book or authority asset to create new opportunities. Those results depend on many factors, including the client’s experience, offer, market, follow-through, network, effort, timing, and execution.
Any examples, testimonials, revenue references, or case studies are shared for educational and illustrative purposes only.
Results are not typical. Individual results may vary.
Testimonials and Client Stories
Testimonials must be real, documented, and used with permission.
We do not create fake testimonials, exaggerate client outcomes, or imply that one person’s result will happen for everyone.
Client examples may be edited for clarity or length, but not in a way that changes the meaning of what was said.
No Misrepresentation
We do not misrepresent what our programs include.
Clients should understand what they are buying, what is included, what is not included, what they are responsible for, and what support they can expect.
If something is not included in a program, we say that clearly.
2. No Guaranteed Book, Business, or Media Outcomes
Our programs are designed to provide structure, guidance, strategy, and support.
They are not guarantees.
We do not guarantee that a client will:
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Finish a manuscript by a specific date
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Become a bestseller
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Get speaking opportunities
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Get media coverage
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Attract clients
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Increase revenue
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Build a following
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Receive publishing approval from any third-party platform
We help clients do the work. The outcome depends on the client’s participation, decisions, effort, timing, and market response.
3. Client Responsibility
Clients are responsible for their own participation and execution.
This includes showing up to calls, completing assignments, providing information, reviewing drafts, making decisions, giving feedback, and following through on agreed next steps.
We can guide the process, but we cannot do the client’s personal reflection, decision-making, or implementation for them unless a separate done-for-you service is clearly agreed to in writing.
4. Professional Advice
Our work may include business, brand, book, messaging, marketing, leadership, and positioning guidance.
Unless clearly stated otherwise, we do not provide legal, tax, accounting, investment, medical, mental health, or financial advice.
Clients should consult qualified licensed professionals before making decisions in those areas.
Any general educational comments shared during the program are not a substitute for professional advice.
5. Ethical Use of Personal Stories
Many clients share personal, professional, family, health, faith, financial, leadership, or trauma-related experiences during the book creation process.
Those stories must be handled with care.
We will not intentionally exploit, sensationalize, or distort a client’s story.
Clients remain responsible for deciding what they want included in their book, content, or public messaging.
We may challenge a client’s thinking, clarify weak ideas, or recommend stronger positioning, but we will not force a client to share anything they are not comfortable making public.
6. Respectful Conduct
Clients, team members, contractors, and partners are expected to communicate with respect.
We do not tolerate harassment, threats, discrimination, intimidation, abuse, or repeated disrespectful behavior.
This applies to calls, emails, messages, group sessions, private sessions, events, and community spaces.
We reserve the right to remove anyone from a program or community if their conduct harms the experience, safety, or trust of others.
7. Intellectual Property
Clients are responsible for providing original material or material they have the legal right to use.
This includes stories, written content, images, quotes, frameworks, business methods, documents, brand names, and any other submitted materials.
Clients may not submit stolen, copied, plagiarized, or unauthorized content.
Our frameworks, training materials, templates, course content, slides, recordings, worksheets, tools, and systems are the intellectual property of Christian J. Fischer, Fischer Research Group Global LLC, or the applicable rights holder.
Clients may use program materials for their own personal or business development.
They may not copy, resell, teach, license, publish, or distribute our materials without written permission.
8. Artificial Intelligence and Content Support
We may use tools, systems, templates, editorial processes, and technology to help organize, draft, review, refine, or improve content.
AI-assisted tools may be used as part of the creative or operational process, but human judgment remains central to the work.
Clients are responsible for reviewing and approving final content before it is published, submitted, printed, or publicly shared.
We do not claim that AI-assisted content is automatically accurate, original, compliant, or ready for publication without review.
9. Marketing and Promotion
Clients may receive support with messaging, content, book launches, social media posts, outreach, speaking positioning, or promotional strategy.
All marketing must remain truthful.
Clients should not make false claims, fake urgency, fake scarcity, fake credentials, fake endorsements, or guaranteed outcome promises.
If financial, business, health, personal, or performance-related claims are made, they should be supported by reasonable evidence and proper disclaimers.
10. Lawful and Ethical Products
We do not support projects that promote illegal, harmful, deceptive, abusive, discriminatory, or exploitative products or services.
We reserve the right to refuse or discontinue work that involves:
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Illegal activity
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Fraud or deception
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Hate, harassment, or discrimination
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Unsafe medical, financial, or legal claims
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Stolen intellectual property
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Explicit adult content
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Exploitative personal stories
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Content designed to mislead consumers
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Products or services that create unreasonable harm or risk
11. Communication and Support
We aim to communicate clearly and professionally.
Clients will be given appropriate channels for support, which may include email, scheduled calls, forms, documents, or approved messaging platforms.
Response times may vary based on the service level, program type, team availability, and business hours.
Clients are expected to communicate in a timely way so projects can move forward.
Delays in providing feedback, materials, approvals, or payment may delay the project timeline.
12. Payments, Access, and Program Standing
Program access, support, deliverables, and scheduling may be tied to payment status.
If a client’s account becomes past due, access may be paused until the account is brought current or a written payment arrangement is approved.
We aim to handle payment issues professionally and respectfully, but we also protect the integrity of the program and the time of our team.
Any payment plans, discounts, pauses, refunds, reinstatements, or special arrangements must be confirmed in writing.
13. Confidentiality
We respect client confidentiality.
Private client information, unpublished manuscripts, personal stories, business materials, and internal discussions will not be intentionally shared outside the work relationship unless permission is given or disclosure is required by law.
Clients are also expected to respect the privacy of other participants in group programs.
Stories, ideas, business details, or personal comments shared by other members should not be copied, shared, or discussed outside the program without permission.
14. Community Standards
Group programs work best when participants are honest, focused, and respectful.
Clients are expected to:
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Show up prepared
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Respect other members’ time
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Give feedback with care
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Avoid dominating group discussions
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Keep shared information confidential
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Stay focused on the purpose of the program
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Avoid self-promotion unless invited
We reserve the right to remove or restrict access for anyone who repeatedly violates these standards.
15. Enforcement
We reserve the right to take reasonable action if this Code of Ethics is violated.
This may include:
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A written warning
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Removal from a call or community
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Paused access
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Termination of services
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Removal of content
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Refusal of future work
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Other corrective action when appropriate
Our goal is not to punish people.
Our goal is to protect the quality of the work, the trust of our clients, the integrity of our programs, and the reputation of the brand.
16. Updates to This Code
This Code of Ethics may be updated from time to time.
The current version will be posted on our website with the effective date shown at the top.
Continued participation in our programs or services means you agree to follow the current version of this Code.
Contact Information
Fischer Research Group Global LLC
31 Glenbrook Rd.
Berlin, CT 06037
United States
Email: info@christianfischer.com
Phone: 860-470-2994