Ethics & The Assessment Profession
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The Ethics and The Assessment Profession
Jack A. Walker, Q.C.
CPTA
September 27, 2011
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• Member of a vocation founded upon
specialized educational training
• Characteristics include high quality work,
high standard of professional ethics,
constant upgrading
Appraiser – one who is expected to perform
valuation services competently and in a
manner that is independent, impartial and
objective
The purpose of U.S.P.A.P is to promote and
maintain a high level of public trust in
appraisal practice by establishing
requirements for appraisers U.S.P.A.P.
reflects the current standards of the
appraisal profession.
• Discipline regulation
• Reliance by members of society
• Right to earn substantial rewards
Self Imposed and 3rd Party Imposition
Morality Code of Ethics
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• General or specific
• Too general – mere platitudes
• Too specific – just a limited list of does
and don’t’s
• 10 Commandments v. Criminal Code
• Education before implementation
• Implementation before enforcement
• ABA 1908
• CBA 1915 – 1921 CBA Code
• 1969 – endorsed by law societies in provinces
• 1974 new CBA Code
• 1984 Amended
• 1987 Approved
• Paralegal at Seneca - “Ethics and
Professional Responsibility
• One course 90% course professional
responsibility
• Only four law schools in Canada have a
compulsory ethics course
• Mostly left to Bar admission and articles
• Universally similar