The desire to set up a register of Feng Shui consultants and to set in place a code of ethics and a set of education standards for future Feng Shui consultants was a purely spontaneous occurrence. In December 1997, some 17 practitioners met one evening and within two hours we had all agreed that an umbrella was required to represent us all. For administration work that was not carried out by executive members of the committee, it was felt that this could and should be paid work. This was to determine a code of ethics. It makes no difference if you are a plumber, a lawyer, a doctor, a tree surgeon or a journalist.
Any professional body needs to have a code of ethics.
Step 4 Educational Standards. I'm sure that in the US you are currently experiencing many of the same conversations we've had, both internally and externally, around this subject. It is not an easy process. We wanted to include everyone in the conversation and that whatever register we eventually formed, we wanted it to be simple, effective and manageable. The obvious starting point would be not with the practitioners themselves, but with the various schools that offer professional education in Feng Shui.