Diligence imposes the responsibility to render services carefully and promptly, to be thorough, and to observe applicable technical and ethical standards. B.Due care requires a professional to plan and supervise adequately any professional activity for which he or she is responsible. Each professional is responsible for assessing the adequacy of his or her own competence for the responsibility to be assumed. D.When a Prevention Professional is aware of unethical conduct or practice on the part of an agency or prevention professional, he or she has an ethical responsibility to report the conduct or practices to appropriate authorities or to the public. To maintain and broaden public confidence, Prevention Professionals should perform all professional responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity.
Integrity can accommodate the inadvertent error and the honest difference of opinion.
It cannot accommodate deceit or subordination of principle. A.Personal gain and advantage should not subordinate service and the public trust. All information should be presented fairly and accurately. Each professional should document and assign credit to all contributing sources used in published material or public statements. Professionals should not misrepresent either directly or by implication professional qualifications or affiliations.