C-26, r. 123 - Code of ethics of chartered appraisers

Section 17 Disposition versions

2018-04-12

17. Every chartered appraiser shall safeguard his professional independence at all times. He shall, in particular,

(1)  ignore any intervention which could incite him to depart from his professional duties, in particular the duty to act with objectivity;

(2)  retain his professional independence when called upon to collaborate with another person, notably, another member of the Order or a member of another professional order;

(3)  avoid performing a task contrary to his professional conscience or to the standards of the profession;

(4)  avoid appraising, examining, or holding a consultation on a thing or a right in which he or his partners have an interest, whether direct or indirect, present or future;

(5)  refrain from sitting as a member of an adjudicatory body in a decision or recommendation relating to the rights and obligations of his client or the client of a partner;

(6)  refrain from acting in a situation where he could derive personal advantage, whether direct or indirect, present or future.

O.C. 1282-2000, s. 17; O.C. 251-2018, ss. 10 and 24; O.C. 653-2018.

2012-09-01

17. Every appraiser shall safeguard his professional independence at all times. He shall, in particular,

(1)  ignore any intervention by a third party that could influence the fulfilment of his professional obligations to the detriment of his clientele;

(2)  retain his professional independence when called upon to collaborate with another person, notably, another member of the Order or a member of another professional order;

(3)  avoid performing a task contrary to his professional conscience, to the rules of his profession, or to generally accepted standards of practice;

(4)  avoid appraising, examining, or holding a consultation on a thing or a right in which he or his partners have an interest, whether direct or indirect, present or future;

(5)  refrain from sitting as a member of an adjudicatory body in a decision or recommendation relating to the rights and obligations of his client or the client of a partner;

(6)  refrain from acting in a situation where he could derive personal advantage, whether direct or indirect, present or future.

O.C. 1282-2000, s. 17.