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The Association of Independent
Information Professionals "Code of Ethical Business Practice"
www.aiip.org/purethics.html
An Independent Information Professional is an
entrepreneur who has demonstrated continuing expertise in the art of finding
and organizing information. Each provides information services on a
contractual basis to more than one client and serves as an objective
intermediary between the client and the information world. An Information
Professional bears the following responsibilities:
2. Give clients the most current and accurate
information possible within the budget and time frames provided by the clients.
3. Help clients understand the sources of
information used and the degree of reliability which can be expected from those
sources.
4. Accept only those projects which are legal
and are not detrimental to our profession.
5. Respect client confidentiality.
6. Recognize intellectual property rights,
licensing agreements and other contractual agreements with vendors, and to
explain to clients what their obligations may be to these agreements.
7. Maintain a professional relationship with libraries and comply with all their rules of access.
Approved by the membership May 5, 1989, at
the Third National Conference and Annual Meeting, Lowell, MA. Amended by the
membership April 22, 1990, at the Fourth National Conference and Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, CA. Amended by the membership April 18, 1997, at the Eleventh
National Conference and Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Amended by the membership
April 24, 1999, at the Thirteenth National Conference and Annual Meeting,
Berkeley, CA.
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