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PI Associations have Codes of Ethics

• PPIAC Code of Ethics include:
• Professional Relations
• Relations with the Public
• Relations with other Investigators
• https://ppiac.org/code-of-ethics

• PPIAC also has a Standards of Practice, strongly
recommended for members to adopt and adhere to. It was
modeled after DORA’s Standards of Practice which was in
place during Colorado PI licensing.

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Why Have Ethics?

• Helps you to maintain consistency and standards
with clients and employees
• Promotes professionalism, which in turn
promotes consumer confidence
• Helps you set written policies
• Helps to limit your liability
• An ethical-minded investigator is reflected in the
investigation, the work product and testimony
• Legal cases require investigators to be ethical AT
ALL TIMES
• Unethical investigators attract unethical clients.
It’s a vicious cycle.

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