Competency Ethics, rules of conduct and professionalism

Question 1

What are the Rules of Conduct for members and and firms?

Answer 1

1. Be honest, act with integrity and comply with their professional obligations, including obligations to RICS.
2. maintain their professional competence and ensure that services are provided by competent individuals who have the necessary expertise.
3. Provide good-quality and diligent service.
4. Must treat others with respect and encourage diversity and
   inclusion.
5. Act in the public interest, take responsibility for their
   actions and act to prevent harm and maintain public confidence in the profession.

Question 2

What are by CPD requirements for RICS members?

Answer 2

Minimum hour CPD per years
Minimum 10 hours formal and 10 hours informal
Must be logged by 31st January each year

Question 3

What are the offences of the Bribery Act

Answer 3

• Offering and Bribe
  -Taking a Bribe
  -Given consent for bribe
  -Failure to prevent a bribe
  -Bribing a public foreign official

Question 4

What is a bribe?

Answer 4

Advantage given to influence a person in the carrying out of a function, usually connected with their work or office

Question 5

What RICS obligations for member?

Answer 5

• Must comply with CPD requirement
• Must cooperation with RICS
• Members must promptly provide all information reasonably requested by the Standards and Regulation Board, or those exercising delegated authority on its behalf.

Question 6

On the HRA Phase 4 project you meant you declined a invitation to lunch, what if the contractor insisted for you to come along?

Answer 6

I politely decline and say this is against the RICS rules of conduct.

Question 7

On the LBG project you mentioned you highlight the error to to the contractor what where the options that you provided.

Answer 7

Amend the error
Stick with the price

Question 8

What is you company’s PI policy

Question 9

How did you do maintaining your professionism in working at in a multi disciplinary practice

Answer 9

I ensure that I carried out my work at a diligent level i.e challenging decision made by the design team that I will is not in the interest of the client

Question 10

What do you do if you discovered that a service is not within your scope.

Answer 10

I would advised the client the that scope is not within my remit