A Dominant is always a Gentleman. There is no excuse for been impolite or rude to others.

A Dominant must always be in control.
Drugs, even alcohol, are mind and body controlling agents affecting relationships and most importantly a scene, therefore effecting the control the Dominant must have.

A Dominant is always honest.
To lie is to show you can not be trusted and a submissive must be able to trust you to respect you. Every submissive knows that not every Dominant is experienced and will respect you much more if you tell the truth about it and even help you to gain the experience in an enjoyable learning process. Tell the submissive up-front if you do not wish a monogamous relationship. Most submissives understand and even expect this in a Dominant. You may not get "that" submissive but you will not lose the respect of the submissive.

A Dominant accepts responsibility for all his actions.
Everyone makes mistakes. Do what is needed to make amends, correct it, but accept and admit the fact that you made a mistake. To seek an excuse for something going wrong or hurting someone will cause you to lose respect.

A Dominant expects but does not demand respect.
No Dominant expects strangers to call him Master. Respect is earned over time. Demanding Master on your name means nothing if it is not earned. Those that serve and respect you will call you Master when you earn it.

A Dominant knows and understands the differences between needs, desires and wants.
A submissive may tolerate a short relationship with a crude, rude person, but will only want a 24/7 relationship with an understanding, responsible Dominant.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to control his emotions.
To punish a submissive in anger or to lash out at anyone is abusive.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to remember that submission is a gift.
To misuse this gift is abusive.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to watch over and protect all submissives.
Protection does not mean keeping them to oneself unless that relationship is mutually desirable.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to take only those submissives that match the Dominant’s preferences.
A submissive that is not into whips should not belong to a Dominant that loves to whip submissives.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to take on only the number submissives he can properly handle, control, love, comfort and care for.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to watch the scene carefully and to ensure the submissive is not being harmed either physically or emotionally. At any time the slightest thing can go wrong and the scene is ruined for the submissive and pleasure becomes actual pain.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to ensure that the submissive is emotionally stable after a scene.
During a scene the submissive is filled with hormones. Afterwards, the body reduces them and this can cause severe depression. The submissive must be made to understand the depression and or emotional release is normal and expected and normal emotions will return in hours to a day. Any thing longer it is a sign of emotional instability in the submissive and must be corrected before doing another scene. (A Dominant can also experience this depression after a high from the scene). Each person reacts differently.

It is the DUTY of a Dominant to discover what the needs desires and wants of a submissive are.
Failure to do so may harm the submissive emotionally and mentally.

It is the RESPONSIBILITY of a Dominant to ensure an unowned submissive is guided to the proper Dominant for that submissive.

It is the RESPONSIBILITY of a Dominant to ensure the submissive knows what abuse is.
To ensure this is to ensure that the submissive knows when to call it quits.

It is the RESPONSIBILITY of a Dominant to ensure the submissive knows what her rights are.

It is the RESPONSIBILITY of a Dominant to teach the submissive information about the Lifestyle.
Showing the submissive how to get the information best does this.

It is the RESPONSIBILITY of a Dominant to ensure the submissive grows and develops, in both the lifestyle and in her public life, job and family.

For a Dominant to allow a submissive to be actually harmed in any way is dishonorable.

For a Dominant to allow a submissive's rights to be violated is dishonorable.

For a Dominant to play with and discard a submissive for just the Dominant 's amusement is dishonorable.

Unless a collared submissive has declared themselves to be unowned, to interfere in that relationship is dishonorable.

To chase after or scene with a collared submissive without her Dominant's permission and full knowledge is dishonorable.

No Dominant can be expected to live up to the above 100% of the time, but the harder a Dominant tries, the more respect others will have for him.