About IAIA: Code of Ethics

The IAIAsa Code of Ethics reads as follows:

The member shall conduct professional activities, as far as possible, in accordance with emerging principles of sustainable development and the highest standards of environmental protection.

The member shall at all times place the integrity of the natural environment and the health, safety and welfare of the human community above any commitment to sectional or private interests.

The member shall be personally accountable for the validity of all data collected, analysis performed, or plans developed by the member, and for the scrutiny of all data collected, analyses performed, or plans developed under the member's direction.

The member shall actively discourage misrepresentation or misuse of work the member has performed or that which was performed under the member's direction.

The member shall ensure the incorporation of environmental protection and social or socio-economic impact considerations from the earliest stages of project design or policy development.

The member shall not conduct professional activities in a manner involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or bias.

The member shall not advertise or present the member's services in a manner that may bring discredit to the profession.