Board of Environmental, Health & Safety Auditor Certifications
Code of Ethics
PURPOSE:
A distinguishing mark of a profession is acceptance by its members of
responsibility to the interests of those it serves. Participants of the Board
of Environmental, Health & Safety Auditor Certifications (BEAC) must
maintain high standards of conduct to effectively discharge this responsibility.
APPLICABILITY:
This Code of Ethics is applicable to all particpants, CPEAs, and applicants. Participation in the BEAC is a voluntary action.
Applicants may not misrepresent any credential in support of application.
By acceptance, CPEAs and applicants assume an obligation of
self-discipline above and beyond the requirements of laws and regulations.
The Standards
of Conduct set forth in this Code of Ethics provide basic principles in
the practice of environmental auditing. Participants
should realize that their individual judgment is required in the application
of these principles.
CPEAs or
applicants who are judged by the Board of Directors of the BEAC to be in violation of the Standards of Conduct of the Code of Ethics shall
be subject to revocation of their certification or application.
Ethics Procedures
The BEAC Ethics Committee is responsible for overseeing and implementing the BEAC Code of Ethics, addressing issues of professional responsibility and serving as the panel or tribunal that conducts due process hearings as required by the BEAC Bylaws. The following documents are available for your review on the BEAC Ethics Procedures: BEAC Ethics Complaint Review Process and Disciplinary Procedures.
Standards of Conduct
CPEAs and Applicants shall exercise honesty,
objectivity, and diligence in the performance of their duties and responsibilities. CPEAs and Applicants shall exhibit loyalty in all matters pertaining
to the affairs of their organizations or to whomever they may be rendering
a service. However, CPEAs and Applicants shall not intentionally
and knowingly be a party to any illegal or improper activity related to
environmental, health and safety laws or otherwise indicating a lack of
personal integrity.
CPEAs and Applicants shall not engage in acts or activities which
are discreditable to the profession of environmental auditing or to their
organizations including, but not limited to acts or missions of a dishonest,
deceitful or fraudulent nature.
CPEAs and Applicants shall refrain from entering into any activity
that may be in conflict with the interest of their organizations or which
would prejudice their ability to carry out objectively their duties and
responsibilities.
CPEAs and Applicants shall not accept anything of value from anyone
that would impair or be presumed to impair their professional judgment.
CPEAs and Applicants shall undertake only those services they can
reasonably expect to complete with professional competence.
CPEAs and Applicants shall adopt suitable means to comply with
professional audit standards as outlined in BEAC's Standards for the
Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing.
CPEAs and Applicants shall be prudent in the use of information
acquired in the course of their duties. They shall not use confidential
information for any personal gain nor in any manner that would be contrary
to law.
CPEAs and Applicants, when reporting on the results of their work,
shall reveal all material facts known to them which, if not revealed,
could either distort reports of operations under review or conceal unlawful
practices.
CPEAs and Applicants shall continually strive for improvement in
their proficiency and skills and in the effectiveness and quality of their
service.
CPEAs and Applicants shall cooperate fully with an inquiry in the
event of any alleged breach of these Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct.
CPEAs and Applicants shall not represent their acts or statements
in such a way as to lead others to believe that they officially represent
the BEAC, unless they are duly authorized to do so by the BEAC® Board of
Directors.
CPEAs and Applicants, in the practice of their profession, shall
be ever mindful of the obligation to maintain the high standards of competence,
morality, and dignity promulgated by the BEAC.
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