Transparency in Business
The culture of transparency in business is increasing. It started with cell phone tapings of erroneous statements by politicians posted on YouTube and has been proliferated by companies greenwashing and using misleading information. The consumer has cried with outrage in their pursuit of fair and honest business practices. After great consideration we decided to post this page in order to give the customer all available information.
We are the leaders of this industry. That means people and businesses new to the industry learn from us. Unfortunately, it also means that others not only learn from your experience, but they take illegal liberties with our laboratory studies and copyrighted marketing materials. Some examples of this are the websites below that have taken photos, blogs or written material from our website or literature or have claimed our jobs as their own.
Web Examples
Highland Craftsmen Inc.® (HC®) supplied Bark House shingles for this job. Some bark producers use photos of our work, which may imply it is their own.
This article from Bob Villa’s web site is referenced on a competitors site. The article refers to Highland Craftsmen but this is omited from the reference.
Link to the article on Bob Villa’s blog.
Shingles for this job were supplied by HC. Photo copyright by Todd Bush, commissioned by HC and on HC website.
HC supplied Bark House shingles for the job pictured on this website.
HC supplied Bark House shingles for this job.
This FAQ was taken word for word from the Highland Craftsmen web site, changing only the company name and the word ‘shingles’ to ‘siding’.
It was pulled from their website as we began legal proceedings.
Print Examples
The images below were published in a brochure from Hardin Creek Timberframe. They are jobs that Highland Craftsmen Inc did. After reviewing the number of incidents this company has imparted toward Highland Craftsmen, it seems that they are fringing on a legal classification of Unfair Trade Practices or Unfair Competition.
This company was a long time away from producing bark shingles when Highland Craftsmen clad this church in 1999.
After seeing this photo of their private residence published without permission, this client stated that trespassing was only one of the issues that caused them concern.
This client is a manufacturer himself and knows the value of honesty in business. This is a lesson that he imparted to Hardin Creek when he requested they pull his personal residence from their marketing.
This client has been a longtime, loyal client of Highland Craftsmen Inc. He builds quality structures and knows a quality product when he sees one. The materials used on these jobs were supplied by Highland Craftsmen.
Highland Craftsmen Inc, unlike Hardin Creek has written permission from the owners of the structures to use photos of said structures. To give proper credit, the source of all photos shown is a Hardin Creek brochure.