Certified Protection Professionals and applicants for the CPP™ designation
must adhere to the Code of Professional Responsibility, agreeing to:
- Perform professional duties in accordance with the law and the
highest moral principles. Non-compliance includes any acts or omissions
amounting to unprofessional conduct and deemed prejudicial to the
CPP™ designation.
- Observe the precepts of truthfulness, honesty, and integrity.
- Be faithful, competent, and diligent in discharging their professional
duties.
- Safeguard confidential and privileged information and exercise
due care to prevent its improper disclosure.
- Not maliciously injure the professional reputation or practice
of colleagues, clients, or employees.
In addition, any act deemed prejudicial to the CPP™ designation may
result in denial of approval to take the CPP™ examination or disciplinary
action by the Professional Certification Board (PCB), up to and including
revocation of Certification. Such acts may include, but are not limited
to:
- Providing false or misleading statements or information when applying
to take the certification examination or to recertify.
- Any act or omission that violates the provisions of the CPP™ Code
of Professional Responsibility.
- Any act that violates the criminal or civil laws of any jurisdiction.
- Any act that is the proper basis for of suspension or revocation
of a professional license.
- Any act or omission that violates the PCB Disciplinary Rules and
Procedures.
- Failure to cooperate with the PCB's Board of Professional Review
in performance of its duties in investigating any allegation against
an applicant or current CPP™.
- Making any false or misleading statements to the PCB regarding
an applicant or current CPP™.
There may be other acts or omissions amounting to unprofessional
conduct that may constitute grounds for discipline by the PCB.
Grievance Procedure
