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Florida
Association of Environmental Professionals P.O. Box 7416 * St. Petersburg, Florida 33734 * email |
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The objectives of Environmental Professionals are to conduct their personal and professional lives and activities in an ethical manner. Honesty, justice and courtesy form a moral philosophy which associated with a mutual interest among people, constitute the foundations of ethics. Environmental Professionals should recognize such a standard, not in passive observance, but as a set of dynamic principles guiding their conduct and way of life. It is their duty to practice their professional according to this Code of Ethics. As the keystone of professional conduct is integrity, Environmental Professionals will discharge their duties with fidelity to the public, their employers, and clients, and with fairness and impartiality to all. It is their duty to interest themselves in public welfare, and to be ready to apply their special knowledge for the benefit of mankind and their environment.
CREED:
The objectives of an Environmental Professional
are:
1. to recognize and attempt to reconcile societal and individual
human needs with responsibility for physical, natural and
cultural systems.
2. to promote and develop policies, plans, activities, and
projects that achieve complementary and mutual support between
natural and manmade and present and future components of the
physical, natural and cultural environment.
ETHICS:
As an Environmental Professional I will:
1. be personally responsible for the validity of all data
collected, analyses performed, or plans developed by me or under
my direction. I will be responsible and ethical in my
professional activities.
2. encourage research, planning, design, management and review of
activities in a scientifically and technically objective manner.
I will incorporate the best principles of the environmental
sciences for the mitigation of environmental harm and enhancement
of environmental quality.
3. not condone misrepresentation of work I have performed or that
was performed under my direction.
4. examine all of my relationships or actions which could be
legitimately interpreted as a conflict of interest by clients,
officials, the public, or peers, in any instance where I have a
financial or personal interest in the activities with which they
are directly or indirectly involved, I will make a full
disclosure of that interest to my employer, client, or other
affected parties.
5. not engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit,
misrepresentation or discrimination.
6. not accept fees wholly or partially contingent on the client's
desired result where that desired result conflicts with my
professional judgment.
GUIDANCE FOR PRACTICE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL:
As an Environmental Professional I will:
1. encourage environmental planning to begin in the earliest
stages of project conceptualization.
2. recognize that total environmental management involves the
consideration of all environmental factors including: technical,
economic, ecological, and sociopolitical and their
interrelationships.
3. incorporate the best principles of design and environmental
planning when recommending measures to reduce environmental harm
and enhance environmental quality
4. conduct my analysis, planning, design and review activities
primarily in subject areas for which I am qualifies, and shall en
courage and recognize the participation of other professionals in
subject area where I am less experienced. I shall utilize and
participate interdisciplinary teams whenever practical to
determine impacts, define and evaluate all reasonable
alternatives to proposed actions, and assess short-term versus
long-term productivity with and without the project or action.
5. seek common, adequate, and sound technical grounds for
communication with and respect for the contributions of other
professionals in developing and reviewing policies, plans,
activities, and projects.
6. determine that the policies, plans, activities, or projects in
which I am involved are consistent with all governing laws,
ordinances, guidelines, plans and policies, to the best of my
knowledge and ability.
7. encourage public participation at the earliest feasible time
in an open and productive atmosphere.
8 conduct my professional activities in a manner that ensures
consideration of technically and economically feasible
alternatives.
ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROFESSION:
As an Environmental Professional I will:
1. assist in maintaining the integrity and competence of my
profession.
2. encourage education and research, and the development of
technical information relating to the environmental field
3. not lobby in the name of the Florida Association of
Environmental Professionals
4. advertise and present my services in a manner that avoids the
use of materials and methods that may bring discredit to the
profession.