code_of_ethics for american stimators

8/8/2019 CODE_of_ETHICS for American Stimators

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THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF

PROFESSIONAL ESTIMATORS

CODE OF ETHICS

IntroductIon

Ehia piipes ae pesee whih ae iee as a a gieie pessia esias a esias i aiig. Te phisphia aip whih he es ae ase is iee ipee iepeehikig pesses, is a ai p whih pessia piis ay ease i hey a i paie.

Pease egize ha eeship i a eifai y he Aeia Siey Pessia Esias ae he se ais pessia peee spp he as his e.

Te isigishig ak a y pessia esia is aepae heespsiiiy he s ie, epye a he pi. Pessiaswih iegiy have heee eee i esseia pgae es ehisa esaish eas isig hei piae.

PrEAmblE

Te jeive he Aeia Siey Pessia Esias is pehe evepe a appiai eai, pessia jge a skiswihi he isy we seve. Esias s pe e he highespiipes ehia as i eaes he pei he pi, ies,epyes a hes i his isy a i eae pessis.

Te pessia esia s y iize eai, yeas expeiee,aqie skis a pessia ehis i he pepaai a y eaie a

aae esiae wk i a speif isipie. Tis is paa heevepe eiiiy y esias i pessia sevie.

Esiaig is a highy ehia a eae pessi a he ees hissiey sh kw ha he wk is via ipae he ies a heepyes hey seve. Aigy, he sevie pvie y he esia shexhii hesy, aiess, s, ipaiaiy a eqiy a pess seve.


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THE CANONS

Canon #1

Professional estimators shall perform servicesin areas of their discipline and competence.

1. Estiators shall to the est o theiraility represent truthully and learlyto a prospetive lient or eployer theirqualiations and apailities to perorservies.

2. Te estiator shall undertake to

peror estiating assignents onlywhen qualied y eduation or years oexperiene in the tehnial eld involvedin any given assignent.

3. Te estiator ay aept assignentsin other disiplines ased on eduationor years o experiene as long as qualiedassoiate, onsultant or eployer attests tothe auray o their work in that assign-ent.

4. An estiator ay e sujeted toexternal pressures to peror work aoveor eyond qualiying eduation and experi-ene. In at, estiators ust retain theirintegrity and proessionalis y avoidinginvolveent in situations that ay auseloss o independene and integrity as aproessional estiator.

Canon #2Professional estimators shall continue toexpand their professional capabilities throughcontinuing education programs to better en-able them to serve clients, employers, and theindustry.

1. A eer o the Aerian Soiety oProessional Estiators will strive to gainthe honored position o certied Proes-sional Estiator and enourage others inthe soiety to otain this honored position.

2. meers will lend personal and nan-ial support, where easile, to the shoolsand institutions engaged in the eduationand training o estiators.

3. meers will ooperate in extendingthe efetiveness o the proession y inter-

hanging inoration and experiene with

other estiators and those in training toe estiators, sujet to legal or propri-etary restraints.

4. meers will endeavor to provideopportunity or the proessional develop-ent and the advaneent o estiatorsand those in training under their personalsupervision.

Canon #3Professional estimators shall conduct them-selves in a manner which will promote coop-eration and good relations among members ofour profession and those directly related to ourprofession.

1. by treating all proessional assoi-ates with integrity, airness, tolerane andrespet, regardless o national origin, rae,religion, sex or age.

2. by extending raternal onsiderationwhen giving testiony that ay e da-aging to a eer o our soiety, as longas it does not violate this code o Ethisand the laws governing the proeedings.

3. by aepting the oligation to assistassoiates in oplying with the ode

o proessional ethis. Te proessionalharater o our soiety is dependent uponontinuing utual ooperation with oneanother. It is the essential eleent o ourontinued suess.

4. by reognizing the ethial standards sety other proessionals, suh as arhitetsand engineers, diretly related to our in-dustry and y extending to the the o-

on ourtesies they deserve prediatedupon the good will o all the oligations othe true proessional to uphold the highestethial standards in our ree soiety.

5. by ating honoraly, oth in personaland proessional lie, y avoiding situationsthat ay erode puli respet. Ethial andpersonal harater shall e paraount inestiators lie styles.


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THE CANONS

3. by no divulging privileged gures rom

suonraors and suppliers o ompei-ors prior o id ime in an eor o drivedown pries o eiher. Should quoes ereeived rom suonraors or suppliersha are oviously low or appear o e inerror, his person should e asked o reviewhis prie. When making his eor, quoeso ohers shall no e divulged.

4. by no padding or infaing quoedid pries. An unehial praie or aproessional esimaor is o pad or infaequoes when idding wih rms knownor id shopping. I no a violaion oappliale laws, a proessional esimaorshould no provide quoes o known idshoppers.

5. Proessional esimaors shall noener ino he unehial praie oomplimenary ids (omp ids). Tis

praie is a violaion o he code oEhis o he Amerian Soiey oProessional Esimaors.

Canon #6

Proessional estimators shall utilize theireducation, years o experience and acquiredskills in the preparation o each estimate orassignment with ull commitment to makeeach estimate or assignment as detailed and

accurate as their talents and abilities allow.

1. by no ormulaing esimaes roma parial se o id doumens. Tis isin dire violaion o he ode o goodesimaing praies and is no aepale.

to ormulae an aurae esimae in anydisipline, a ull review mus e madeo all relaed id doumens. Any oherapproah ould ause errors or omissions

ha may endanger proessional inegriyand reliailiy. Exepions o hisrule should e onsidered only or hepreparaion o a onepual esimae

2. I is o paramoun imporane o aproessional esimaor o minimize hepossiiliy o making misakes or errors.

Te more deailed he esimae, he eerhe auray will e..

Canon #4

Proessional estimators shall saeguard andkeep in condence all knowledge o the businessafairs and technical procedures o an employeror client.

1. by no revealing privileged inormaionor as peraining o mehods used inesimaing proedures presried y anemployer, exep as auhorized or requiredy laws.

2. by holding in sri ondeneall inormaion onerning a liensaairs aquired during he ulllmeno an engagemen and ompleion o anesimaing proedure.

3. by serving liens and employerswih proessional onern or heir esineress, provided however, his oligaionmus no endanger personal inegriy or

independene or a high degree o ehialondu, as se orh in his code o Eh-is and relaed sae and ederal laws.

Canon #5

Proessional estimators shall conduct themselveswith integrity at all times and not knowingly orwillingly enter into agreements that violate thelaws o the United States o America or o thestates in which they practice. Tey shall establish

guidelines or setting orth prices and receiv-ing quotations that are air and equitable to allparties.

1. by no pariipaing in id shopping asi is known in he uilding onsruionindusry oday. bid shopping ours

when aer he award o he onra, aonraor onas several suonraorso he same disipline in an eor o

redue hese previously quoed pries.Tis praie is unehial, unair and is indire violaion o he code o Ehis asreognized y he Amerian Soiey oProessional Esimaors

2. by no aeping quoaions romunqualied ompanies or suppliers. Everyeor should e made o pre-qualiy anyidder o e used.


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or conspiracy (bid rigging) with the implied

or express purpose o derauding clients. Actso this type are in direct violation o theCode o Ethics o the American Society oProessional Estimators.

1. bid rigging, collusion and conspiracy, asdened y the American Society o Pro-essional Estimators, may occur etweentwo (2) or more contractors or two (2)or more sucontractors. Agreements arereached y companies or individuals in theact o conspiring to pre-set the price o aparticular project (private or governmen-tal) with the express purpose o predeter-mining the intended recipient o a contractto e awarded at a xed price.

2. Proessional estimators and those intraining to e estimators shall not e as-sociated with rms which are known to

participate in the practice o id rigging.

3. Tere are no conditions or social con-vention that will allow a proessional es-timator to enter into such raudulent actsas those o id rigging, knowing that theyare held to e unlawul, immoral, unethicaland unacceptale to this society.

Canon #9

Proessional estimators and those in trainingto be estimators shall not participate in actssuch as the giving or receiving o gits, thatare intended to be or may be construed as be-ing unlawul acts o bribery.

1. Proessional estimators should not oercash, securities, intangile property rightsor any personal items in order to infuence

or that give the appearance o infuencing2. Proessional estimators should not ac-cept gits, gratuities or entertainment that

would place them in a position o reakingexisting laws (municipal, state or ederal)or that give the appearance o creating aninducement which would aect the esti-mators proessional crediility y placingthem in a position o oligation.

3. Each estimate shall e cross checked y

means that will insure that it is techni-cally and mechanically ree rom mistakes,oversight or errors. I possile and easile,estimates should e checked y other pro-essionals. I it is not easile or someoneelse to cross check an estimate, the estima-tor should cross check their own estimatey utilizing a dierent method, such asusing the historical data or unit prices asedon previous cost data on similar project.

Canon #7

Proessional estimators shall not engage inthe practice o Bid Peddling as defned bythis code. Tis is a breach o moral and ethicalstandards, and this practice shall not beentered into by a member o this Society.

1. bid peddling occurs when a sucontrac-tor approaches a general contractor who

has een awarded a project, with the intento voluntarily lowering the original priceelow the price level estalished on idday. Tis action implies that the sucon-tractors original price was either paddedor incorrect. Tis practice undermines thecrediility o the proessional estimator andis not acceptale

2. Te same procedure applies to a proes-

sional estimator engaged as a generalcontractor, as dened in the previousparagraph, when the estimator approachesan owner or client to voluntarily lower theoriginal id price.

3. When a proposal is presented, theproessional estimator is stating theestimate has een prepared to the esto their aility using their education,expertise and recognized society standards.Entering into unethical practices such asid peddling jeopardizes oth personaland society proessional crediility, while

violating the trust o the clients.

Canon #8

Proessional estimators and those in trainingto be estimators shall not enter into any agree-ment that may be considered acts o collusion

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