Ethics and the NSPS Creed

We discuss “proper” ethics and how it relates to the NSPS Creed. Topics include education, business practices, and obligations to the public (i.e. the public trust). Being able to be honest with clients, peers and yourself is an important part of this practice. How honest, for example, are you in ensuring that you are competent to carry out the task you’ve taken on even though nobody may know of shortcomings in your abilities? We also discuss how poor ethical practice by many of our colleagues casts a bad light on all of us endeavoring to honestly and ethically practice our profession.

Objectives:

• Learn what aspects of your practice is included in “ethics” so that you can develop more ethical awareness and obligations to the profession and the public
• Understand how practicing at a level of practice higher than “normal” is the appropriate level of practice for a surveying professional
• Learn the basics of the NSPS Creed and how it may be applied so that you can truly be confident that you understand what being an ethical surveyor means.