Code of Conduct

As a self-ascribed professional member of IAIA, the information and services that I provide must be of the highest quality and reliability. I consequently commit myself:

• To conduct my professional activities with integrity, honesty, and free from any misrepresentation or deliberate bias.
• To conduct my professional activities only in subject areas in which I have competence through education, training, or experience. I will engage, or participate with, other professionals in subject areas where I am less competent.
• To take care that my professional activities promote sustainable and equitable actions as well as a holistic approach to impact assessment.
• To check that all policies, plans, activities, or projects with which I am involved are consistent with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and guidelines.
• To refuse to provide professional services whenever the professional is required to bias the analysis or omit or distort facts in order to arrive at a predetermined finding or result.
• To disclose to employers and clients and in all written reports, any personal or financial interest that could reasonably raise concerns as to a possible conflict of interest.
• To strive to continually improve my professional knowledge and skills and to stay current with new developments in impact assessment and my associated fields of competence.
• To acknowledge the sources I have used in my analysis and the preparation of reports.
• To accept that my name will be removed from the list of self-ascribed professional members of IAIA should I be found to be in breach of this code by a disciplinary task-group constituted by the IAIA Board of Directors to consider any complaint lodged against my professional conduct.