International Ethics Standards (IES) Update

Gary Strong

This paperoutlines an update on the work on ethics that has been undertaken in the last year by theFIG Commission 1 Work Groupon ethics,and the increasing interest in this subjectfrom varying organisations, stakeholders and governments inc the UN and WorldBank. The IES were published in Dec 2016, and all 130+ members of the Coalition (inc a large number of FIG member associations) are committed to adopting IES into their own organisations.The challenges the surveying profession faces in coming to termswith the varying global definitions of what is ethical, how the various memberassociationswill be challenged to implement IES, and what material could supportthis will be discussedin a workshop in Amsterdam.An outline of how the existing FIG Ethicalcodecouldbe adapted to incorporate IES, in accordance with Council directions, will also be includedin the workshop

Event: FIG Working Week 2020 – CANCELLED – Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management

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