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Code
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This
Code of Ethics is a set of principles to provide guidelines
in our professional conduct with our clients, colleagues, and
community. As a member of the National Association of Professional
Organizers, I pledge to exercise judgment, self-restraint, and
conscience in my conduct in order to establish and maintain
public confidence in the integrity of NAPO members and to preserve
and encourage fair and equitable practices among all who are
engaged in the profession of organizing.
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Clients |
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Working
Relationships |
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I will
serve my clients with integrity, competence, and objectivity,
and will treat them
with respect and courtesy. |
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I will
offer services in those areas in which I am qualified
and will accurately represent
those qualifications in both verbal and written communications.
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When unable
or unqualified to fulfill requests for services, I will
make every effort to
recommend the services of other qualified organizers and/or
other qualified professionals. |
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I will
advertise my services in an honest manner and will represent
the organizing
profession accurately |
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| Confidentiality |
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I will
keep confidential all client information, both business
and personal, including that
which may be revealed by other organizers. |
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I will
use proprietary client information only with the client's
permission. |
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I will keep
client information confidential and not use it to benefit
myself or my firm, or
reveal this information to others. |
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| Fees |
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I will decide
independently and communicate to my client in advance
my fees and
expenses, and will charge fees and expenses which I deem
reasonable, legitimate, and
commensurate with my experience, the services I deliver,
and the responsibility I accept. |
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I will
make recommendations for products and services with my
client's best interests in
mind. |
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Colleagues |
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I will
seek and maintain an equitable, honorable, and cooperative
association with other
NAPO members and will treat them with respect and courtesy.
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I will
respect the intellectual property rights (materials, titles,
and thematic creations) of
my colleagues, and other firms and individuals, and will
not use proprietary information or
methodologies without permission. |
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I will
act and speak on a high professional level so as not to
bring discredit to the
organizing profession. |
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