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Basic Canons
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Canon #1 |
Professional estimators shall perform services in areas of
their discipline and competence. |
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Canon #2 |
Professional estimators shall continue to expand their
professional capabilities through continuing education
programs to better enable them to serve clients, employers
and the industry. |
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Canon #3 |
Professional estimators shall conduct themselves in a
manner, which will promote cooperation and good relations
among members of our profession and those directly related
to our profession. |
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Canon #4 |
Professional estimators shall safeguard and keep in
confidence all knowledge of the business affairs and
technical procedures of an employer or client. |
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Canon #5 |
Professional estimators shall conduct themselves with
integrity as all times and not knowingly or willingly enter
into agreements that violate the laws of the United States
of America or of the states in which they practice. They
shall establish guidelines for setting forth prices and
receiving quotations that are fair and equitable to all
parties. |
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Canon #6 |
Professional estimators shall utilize their education, years
of experience and acquired skills in the preparation of each
estimate or assignment with full commitment to make each
estimate or assignment as detailed and accurate as their
talents and abilities allow. |
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Canon #7 |
Professional estimators shall not engage in the practice of
"bid peddling" as defined by this code. This is a breach of
moral and ethical standards, and a member of this society
shall not enter into this practice. |
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Canon #8 |
Professional estimators and those in training to be
estimators shall not enter into any agreement that may be
considered acts of collusion or conspiracy (bid rigging)
with the implied or express purpose of defrauding clients.
Acts of this type are in direct violation of the Code of
Ethics of the American Society of Professional Estimators. |
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Canon #9 |
Professional estimators and those in training to be
estimators shall not participate in acts, such as the giving
or receiving of gifts, that are intended to be or may be
construed as being unlawful acts of bribery. |
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