Professional Certified Investigators and applicants for the PCI™ 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 PCI™ 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.
- 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 PCI™ designation may result in
denial of approval to take the PCI™ 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 PCI™ 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
PCI™.
- Making any false or misleading statements to the PCB regarding an applicant
or current PCI™.
There may be other acts or omissions amounting to unprofessional conduct
that may constitute grounds for discipline by the PCB.
