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1. INTRODUCTION

AAPC Associate Consultants undertake to respect and ensure that their Members respect this CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, whose provisions aim to achieve the highest level of performance, especially with regard to the quality and impartiality of the Consultants’ work, at their responsibilities to society and the fairness of competition and cooperation between them.

2. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES TO THE PROFESSION

2.1. Consultants must only undertake work for which they are competent and capable, either on their own or in association with other Consultants, always seeking to elevate the dignity, level and reputation of the profession they exercise.

2.2. Consultants must be exclusively remunerated by their clients through fees or other forms of remuneration. They may not receive any other remuneration, direct or indirect, from any other source, without their written consent.

2.3. Consultants must keep accounts entirely separate from those relating to other companies or entities to which they are linked, so that all their costs, direct and indirect, are fully accounted for, thus levied entirely on fees or other forms of payment.

2.4. Whenever they are invited to compete, or present themselves to compete, Consultants must act loyally.

2.5. Consultants must not harm the reputation of other Consultants. They may, however, at the request of their clients, issue objective technical opinions, in reports or before any arbitration or judicial body.

2.6. Consultants shall not interfere in the work of other Consultants or seek to replace them without their Consent.

2.7. Consultants must not seek work using methods incompatible with the dignity of the profession they exercise, refraining from trying to harm the prestige of other Consultants.

3. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES TO CUSTOMERS

3.1. Consultants must exclusively and impartially pursue the legitimate interests of their clients, to whom they will maintain full loyalty..

3.2. Consultants must maintain the highest level of competence and capacity, remaining attentive to scientific and technical developments in their fields of activity.

3.3. Consultants must immediately inform their clients of any limitations that may affect responsibilities that they propose to assume or have assumed.

3.4. Consultants must not reserve the exclusivity of their services to any client on a permanent basis.

3.5. Consultants must define or compete so that their services and corresponding conditions and remuneration are defined as clearly, carefully and completely as possible, seeking the best match between remuneration and the scope and specialization of their work.

3.6. The Consultants’ responsibilities and remuneration shall not be transferred to others without the written approval of the clients involved.