

Paul Bentley is an accredited Associate of The Institute for Independent Business (www.iib.org.ws)
Trading as PJB Business Development. 3A Church Lane, Copthorne, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 3PT
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Code of Ethics

Accredited Associates:
Shall conduct themselves in a manner which will merit
the respect of the community for persons engaged in the profession;
Shall uphold the reputation of the Institute for Independent Business
and of fellow associates and abide by the Institute for Business Code of Conduct;
Shall carry out their professional duties responsibly and with integrity;
Shall not personally provide advice outside of their
‘accepted area of expertise’ but rather delegate such to appropriate specialists;
Shall collect and present facts without bias and not allow
personal views to influence judgement, interpretation, analysis or presentation;
Shall not discuss with or disclose to any person not authorised by the
client or delegated representative, any information, data, result, report or
proposal arising from the assignment, nor cause or allow confidential information
to be misused or to be published in any way without the permission of the client;
Shall not use information acquired during any previous
assignments which in any way could be detrimental to their former client;
Shall not receive any undisclosed material benefits other than
normal emoluments from any recommendation made in the course of duty.
The IIB has a code of ethics which all
Associates are required to comply with: