Ethics Rules of Conduct and Professionalism L3 Flashcards
What is the structure of RICS?
FromJuly 2024
1) The Governing Council
2) One arm is RICS Board which is made up of 4 commitees:
Global Memebers Commitee, Audit and Finance Commitee, Knowledge Comittee, Nominations and Reumeration Comitte
3) One arm is the Standards and Regulation Board (SRB) which made up of an assigned Risk Pool Panal, Regulatory Tribunal & 4 commitees:
Standards Commitee, Qualifications Commitee, Dispute Resolution Commitee, Valuation Assurance Commitee
Following the Levitt Report and Lord Birchards Inderpendant review
When was the RICS Founded?
Founded in 1868
Royal Charter given in 1881
Who is the President of RICS?
Ann Grey is the president
Tina Paillet is the president elect
What are the RICS Member Grades?
RICS Student
Assoc RICS
MRICS
FRICS
How do you achieve FRICS?
5 Years MRICS
Champion
Expert
Influcer
Role Model
What are the benefits of being MRICS?
- Status
- Recognition
- Knowledge
- Network
- Market Advantage
What are the benefits of regulation?
CPS
- Confidence - Monitored by RICS
- Proffesionalism - Providing impartial expert advice
- Secuity - PII and access to independent redress
What are the Rules of Conduct?
Rule of conduct 2022
Members must:
1. Be honest and act with integrity
2. Maintain thier professional competence
3. Provide diligent service
4. Treat others with respect and encourage diversity
5. Take responsibility in the public interest
Give me an example of acting with integrity?
Members and firms being open and transparent with client about their fees and services
Give me an example of when you have maintained your professional competence?
Undertaking CDP and learning to develop an understanding of a particular area.
Taking advice from senior collegues on areas of work I am not competent in
Give me an example of when you have provided a dilgent service?
I have communicated with unrepresented rate payers in a clear way that they can understand without using techincal jargon
Give me an example of when you have treated others with respect and encouraged diversity?
I treat others fairly and do not discrimate.
Give me an example of when you have taken responsibility to maintain public confidence?
I have reported impartial and professional valuation advice to clients throughout my work.
What is the VOA Code of conduct?
Integrity
Honesty
Objectvity
Impartiality
What is the heirarchy of RICS publications?
- Rules of Conduct (Mandatory)
- Global Standards (Mandatory)
- Professional Statement (Mandatory)
- Practice Statements (Mandatory)
- Guidance Notes (Voluntary)
- Code of practice (Best Practic)
Are there any recent changes RICS document categories?
RICS are in the process of reveiwing its standards portfolio into 2 simplifed categories:
1) Professional Standards
- Implimenting clarification around ‘must’ and ‘should’
2) Pratice Infomation
- Practice support guidance
When does a firm require RICS registration?
If 25% of employees are MRICS they have the option to register
If there is 50% of principles are MRICS then registration is mandatory
What infomation do firms have to provide to RICS in an annual return?
- Type of buiness and staffing
- Nature of clients
- Client money provisions
- Complaints handling log and procedure
- Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII)
- Staturoty Regulated Activities
How do you decide a fee?
- Avoid price fixing with competitors
- Keep it market based
- Must make the client aware if you recieve a referral fee
- Be clear in ToEs
What are the CPD requirments for a MRICS?
1) 20 Hours of CPD a year
- 10 hours of formal with learning objectives
2) Professionalism Module
- Every 3 years
3) Recorded on the RICS CPD managment system
What are the RICS disciplinary procedures?
There are 3 main types of disciplonary procedures
1) Action by the Head of Regulation
- May impose a Regulatory Compliance Order such as a proportional fine or CPD sanction
- avoids public hearing
2) Hearing by Regulatory Tribunal
- Where memeber does not admit allegations head of regulation can refer tribunal or disciplinary panel
3) Disciplinary Panel
- Both 2 & 3
- can include explusion and future RICS Registation
- Published to RICS website and modus
What checks would you undertake before sending terms of engagement?
1) Professional competence
2) Conflict of interest
3) Inline with Consumer Rights Act 2015
- 14 day cooling off period
When would you decline work?
- Conflict of interest
- Not competent
- Insufficent facts
- Professional Indemnity cap cannot be agreed
What is conflict of interest and what RICS guidance exisits?
A conflict of interest is when a members or firm impartiality is compromised.
There is the ‘RICS Conflict of Interest Professional Standard 2017’ which provides clear guidance on how to identify and manage conflicts of intrest.
What are the different types of conflicts?
Give examples
- Party Conflict
- When there is a related instruction for two different parties
- Own Conflict
- When a members own intrest could affect their impartiatlity
- Confidential Information Conflict
- When infomation relevent to the instruction between two parties may not be disclosed
What are the steps to a Conflict of Interest?
- Identify
- Avoidance
- Advice
- Conflict Management
How do you manage a conflict of interest?
- Infromed consent with all parties in writting
- Implement an ethical barrier with reasonble steps taken
- Ensure infomation is secured safely
- Clear audit trail over seen by compliance officer