The Common Body of Knowledge
Institute of Management Consultants USA, Inc.
Adapted from the ICMCI, September 1998.
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CONTENTS
IMC Code of Ethics
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CONSULTANCY: A BRIEF HISTORY AND CURRENT PURPOSE
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A. Growth in Consulting Competence
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• The client-consultant relationship
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• Effectiveness in consulting
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B. Management/Organizational Competence Breadth
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C. Depth in Specialist Technical/Professional Skills
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D. Underlying understanding of PESTLE
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E. Underlying ACT abilities
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IMC Code of Ethics
Clients
• We will serve our clients with integrity, competence and objectivity.
• We will keep client information and records of client engagements confidential and will use
proprietary client information only with the client's permission.
• We will not take advantage of confidential client information for ourselves or our firms.
• We will not allow conflicts of interest, which provide a competitive advantage to one client
through our use of confidential information from another client who is a direct competitor without
that competitor's permission.
Engagements
• We will accept only engagements for which we are qualified by our experience and competence.
• We will assign staff to client engagements in accord with their experience, knowledge, and
expertise.
• We will immediately acknowledge any influences on our objectivity to our clients and will offer to
withdraw from a consulting engagement when our objectivity or integrity may be impaired.
Fees
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