Ethics Flashcards

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When was the RICS founded?

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1868

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What does RICS stand for?

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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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What is the role of the RICS?

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  • Advancing ethical and technical standards for professionals in land, property and the built environments
  • Protecting and providing benefits to consumers - enforcing standards and codes of best practice
  • Providing expert impartial advice to governments, businesses etc
  • Equipping RICS members with leading edge advice, market insight, professional training
  • Promoting RICS status and standards in key worldwide markets as the mark of property professional
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What is the Royal Charter?

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  • Given by privy council, gives RICS legal responsibility
  • Requires RICS to promote usefulness of profession for the advantage of UK public and other parts of the world
  • Awarded in 1881 by Queen Victoria
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Where are the RICS international headquarters located?

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12 Great George, Parliament Square, London

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What is the motto of the RICS?

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“Est modus in rebus” - there is measure in all things

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What is the purpose of the RICS?

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  • Regulate and uphold standards
  • Promote the industry
  • Protect RICS businesses and members
  • Provide guidance and advice
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What is the Mission Statement of the RICS?

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  • Qualify and equip members to offer highest standards of professional service
  • Promote and enforce standards
  • Lead solutions to major challenges facing the built environment through professional expertise
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What is the vision of the RICS?

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  • Act with integrity and champion the profession
  • To be recognised in key international markets as the leading body that develops and enforces professional standards, giving access to the most sought after professional status
  • I do this by (i.e. having integrity as my most important standard, attending career fairs, promoting the profession)
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What are the goals of the RICS?

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  • Encourage younger members into the profession
  • Greater global coverage
  • Greater data protection
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What is Lionheart?

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  • Independent charity run by RICS professionals, for RICS professionals
  • Benevolent fund established over 100 years
  • Services include financial support, health and wellbeing packages, free professional counselling, work-related support, legal advice and help if a member or loved one became seriously ill
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What is RICS Matrics?

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  • Supports new members entering profession, working with RICS to shape the future of surveying, grow the size and respect of the profession across industries globally
  • CPD sessions
  • Aim to provide for every city and nationally
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Why do you want to be a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS)?

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  • RICS is the largest international property institution in the world - global recognition, part of international professional community
  • Promoting best practices in profession
  • Elite professional status, guidance, information and support
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What are the RICS’ 5 principles of better regulation?

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  • Proportionality
  • Accountability
  • Consistency
  • Targeting
  • Transparency
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Why are principles of better regulation relevant?

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  • Proportionality - penalties and actions have to reflect scope and level of work involved
  • Accountability - it’s important to take responsibility for our actions and be held accountable where necessary
  • Consistency - promote confidence in profession
  • Targeting - regulation must reach targeted audience or it won’t have the desired effect
  • Transparency - ensure fairness and accountability. Ensure regulations are easily interpretable
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16
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How have you used one of the 5 principles in your private life?

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  • Transparency - I will let people know if my current workload and availability before I can commit to plans with them
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What are the benefits of an RICS membership?

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  • Largest property organisation in the world - global recognition
  • Invaluable networking opportunities, guidance, information, support
  • Encourage and maintain my learning and development
  • Help promote the profession
18
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How does RICS communicate with its members?

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  • News and insights (website / MODUS magazine)
  • Upholding professional standards - issuing professional statements, guidance notes
  • Training events
  • Products and services, i.e. isurv
    (can communicate also via post, fax, email, phone, in person)
19
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Can you describe the RICS logo?

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  • White lion
  • Crown
  • Tongue sticking out
  • Purple background
20
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Can you give me an overview of RICS’ governance structure?

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  • Corporate governance structure shaped by Royal Charter, Bye-Laws and Regulation. Combines governance bodies, Executive Team, Presidential Team.
  • Self-regulated, internally monitored
  • Bye-Laws determine how RICS is regulated
  • Governing council manages and agrees RICS strategy
  • Regulatory board, audit committee and management board execute strategy set by governing council
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What is the role of the Governing Council?

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  • Highest governing body, sets global strategy, ensures RICS fulfils its Royal Charter obligations
  • Strategic oversight on requirements for entry into the profession and the setting and enforcement of professional standards
22
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How is the governing council elected?

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Elected by members every 3 years

23
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Who is the RICS president?

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Ann Gray (since January 2023)

24
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What is the RICS president promoting?

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As per April 2023 update:
- Transformation, recruiting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and Sustainability panel Chairs to lead priority issues as part of new governance structure
- DEI panel chair - Dr Louise Brooke-Smith OBE FRICS (RICS first female president)
- Sustainability chair - Frank Hovorka MRICS

25
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Who is the RICS president elect?

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Tina Paillet (since January 2023)

26
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Who is the RICS senior vice president?

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To be elected in May 2023

27
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How are the above elected?

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By the governing council - vice president moves to president elect then onto president

28
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What are professional groups within the RICS?

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How RICS segments various technical specialisms of the profession - 18 groups covering broad spectrum of surveying services

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What is the role of professional groups?

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  • Provide practical guidance
  • Provide training
  • Undertake research support for professionals
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How many professional groups are there and how can you join?

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  • 18
  • Express interest on the website (via email)
  • Must pass professional assessment / demonstrate area of expertise
  • You can only join a maximum of 3
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How can you get involved with the professional groups?

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  • Join sector insight community (digital insight communities - forums connect professional membership with wider market)
  • Participate in a Leaders Forum (forums/roundtables bringing profession and wider market together to discuss key issues that ultimately shape future standards, guidance and technical content)
  • Join Working Group (contributors to technical content either through working groups / writing technical guidance)
32
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Can you name 5 of the professional groups?

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  • Quantity Surveying and Construction
  • Project Management
  • Building Surveying
  • Building Control
  • Dispute Resolution
    (- Valuation
  • Planning and development
  • Rural etc etc)
33
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How many levels of RICS membership are there?

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  • Training
  • AssocRICS
  • MRICS
  • FRICS
34
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Why was the Levitt Review commissioned?

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  • Alison Levitt QC - commissioned to conduct independent review onto historic treasury management matters and subsequent actions at RICS
35
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What were the key objectives of the Levitt Review?

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  • Consider the way the internal report was commissioned and dealt with, determine whether any shortcomings
  • Consider if any shortcomings represented a failure of governance
  • Make recommendations for the future
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Key conclusions of the Levitt Review?

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  • Sound governance principles not followed by RICS
  • Non-Executive Board members’ concerns legitimate, they were wrongly dismissed from their roles
  • Lack of clarity around roles and responsibilities of the various RICS Boards, senior leadership and management
37
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What is the Bichard RICS review and why was it commissioned?

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  • Commissioned by Governing Council in Dec 2021, following recommendation in Levitt Review that ‘wide-ranging examination of purpose, governance and strategy’ should be conducted by external reviewer, replacing ‘Defining our Future’
38
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What was Lord Bichard’s remit?

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  • Aimed to clarify purpose of RICS
  • Make proposals on governing structure
  • Make proposals for incoming leadership and governing body on the future culture and strategy of the institution
39
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What are the key recommendations?

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  • Renewed + increased focus on public interest remit of RICS, amending Royal Charter and creating public interest panel to advise Governing Council
  • Maintain self-regulation, through greater independence for regulatory functions
  • Increased focus on D&I across profession and within RICS governance
  • Empowering and enabling members through greater support for regional boards, alongside increased member engagement, with renewed focus on younger members
  • Independent review of RICS’ governance and effectiveness at delivering against its Charter for the public advantage once every 5 years
  • Simplified, clear, accountable governance structure
  • Greater leadership on issues that matter most to society, i.e. sustainability and climate change