“I have climbed higher mountains and have found
that, with sure path, sound guide, and stout heart, they take only more
time and patience than to travel the smoothest highway.”
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
DRC Consulting’s Ethical Commitments:
My commitment to my clients:
- I will serve my clients with integrity, competence, independence, objectivity, and professionalism.
- I will mutually establish realistic expectations with my clients of the benefits and results of my services.
- I will ensure that I have established a mutual understanding with my clients of the objectives, scope, work plan, and fee arrangements for the work before accepting any consultation.
- I will only accept consultations for which I possess the requisite knowledge, experience, and competence to serve my clients effectively.
- I will treat appropriately all confidential client information that is not public knowledge, take all reasonable steps to prevent it from access by unauthorized persons, and will not take advantage of proprietary or privileged information, either for use by myself, my clients' organizations, or other clients.
- I will avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of such and will immediately disclose to my clients circumstances or interests that I believe may influence my judgment or objectivity.
- I will offer to withdraw from a consultation when I believe my objectivity or integrity may be impaired in any way.
My commitment to the public and consulting profession:
- I will report to appropriate authorities within or external to my clients' organizations any occurrences of malfeasance, dangerous behavior, or illegal activities if within the scope of my consultations.
- I will respect the rights of consulting colleagues and consulting firms and will not use any of their proprietary information or methodologies without written permission.
- I will represent the consulting profession with integrity in my relations with my clients, my colleagues, and the general public.
- I will fully and accurately represent my services and those of other individual consulting practitioners, consulting firms, and the consulting profession to the best of my abilities.
My commitment to fiscal integrity:
- I will agree in advance with my clients on the basis for all fees and expenses associated with my consultations.
- I will charge fees that are reasonable and commensurate with the services delivered and the responsibility accepted in their delivery.
- I will decline commissions, remuneration, or other benefits offered from any third party in connection with the recommendations to my clients.