Code of ethics for professional practitioners (*)
A. It shall be considered unprofessional and inconsistent with honorable and dignified bearing for any professional practitioner: 1. To act for his client, or employer, in professional matters otherwise than as a faithful agent or trustee, or to accept any remuneration other than his stated recompense for services rendered. 2. To attempt to injure falsely or maliciously, directly or indirectly, the professional reputation, prospects, or business of anyone. 3. To attempt to supplant another fellow professional practitioner after definite steps have been taken toward his employment. 4, To compete with another fellow practitioner for employment by the use of unethical practices. 5. To review the work of another fellow practitioner for the same client, except with the knowledge of such practitioner or unless the connection of such practitioner with the work has terminated. 6. To attempt to obtain or render technical services or assistance without fair and just compensation commensurate with the services rendered. 7. To advertise in self-laudatory language or any other manner derogatory to the dignity of the profession. 8. Io attempt to practice in any professional field in which the registrant is not proficient.
B. All land survey work shall be done in conformity with the « Technical Standards for Property Surveys» as compiled by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and adopted by the ACSM on June 28, 1946 (and as it may be further properly amended by ACSM).
C. The «Statement of Principles» as outlined in the document entitled « Equitable Fees for Property Surveys » as compiled and adopted by the Ameri can Congress on Surveying and Mapping in 1949 (and as it may be further properly amended by ACSM), shall be considered as a statement for proper ethical practice herein. (*) Adopted by the Property Surveys Division of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, January 1959, endorsed by the ACSM Board of Direction. 14