ethics committee

purpose:

• contribute to the achievement of irem’s mission and strategic goals through scanning, research, planning, and monitoring relative to ethics direction, activities, and issues
• periodically scan the membership and historical ethics enforcement actions to identify ethical practice issues facing property managers and suggest strategies to address issues
• recommend educational programs to enforce the codes of ethics
• review and recommend appropriate amendments to the codes of ethics and the policies and procedures involved in the enforcement of the code
• monitor progress of ethics initiatives and recommend adjustments to appropriate governance bodies and staff

composition:

• chair
• vice chair
• all members of the three ethics boards, plus additional members
• all serve one-year term

desired qualifications:

• knowledge of business ethics
• knowledge of the institute’s codes of ethics
• extensive real estate management experience
• experience facilitating the institute’s eth800 course