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(a) | Make genuine recommendations that one believes will meet the needs of the client, instead of simply agreeing with a client’s self-assessment of itself; |
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(b) | Decline a job if one does not have the expertise the respective client is requesting; |
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(c) | Refrain from being selective or skewing data to make one’s recommendation look better; |
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(d) | Don’t promise results that one can’t achieve within the prescribed timeframe; |
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(e) | Even in the face of resistance, use and promote the internationally accepted standards and guiding principles; |
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(f) | Avoid territorial battles; | |
(g) | Listen objectively to a counterpart’s concerns, constraints, issues, restrictions, and so forth; |
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(h) | Never knowingly beguile, mislead, misrepresent, misappropriate, or fabricate lies to the client; |
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(i) | Refrain from making recommendations pertaining to a given solution that one is not able to implement for oneself; |
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(j) | Take full responsibility for the result of one’s work, irrespective of the result, never blame another; |
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(k) | Never advertise the attainment of results that cannot be clearly and concisely linked to one’s work; and |
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(l) | Partners shall continuously conduct research, namely, read journals, irrespective of the field of interest, concerning management; performance improvement, and educational research; attend conferences and professional meetings; train, and consult with credible colleagues in the field. |