WHAT THIS MEANS

6.1   Only present yourself (or others on your consulting team) as qualified to conduct an assignment if you have both the relevant education and practical experience to do so. If you only have general experience, and specific previous experience is not required, you may present yourself as having general experience.

6.2        Be forthright about the level of experience you and your consulting team have for an assignment that you have been asked to perform. Communicate to your client your relevant qualifications and those of other management consultants assigned to the engagement in a consulting capacity. You do not need to communicate the qualifications of people who will work behind the scenes as support to the engagement.

6.3   Do not represent to your client that a particular consultant will have a critical role in an engagement and then reassign that role to others. (No “bait and switch.”)

6.4   In addition to being responsible for your own advice and actions, ensure that any and all management consultants who work under your leadership understand and comply with the Code.

6.5   When you are responsible for your consulting team you are responsible for their actions and conduct with respect to the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. If they violate the Code, you will be liable for the same actions and consequences that would apply if you alone failed to comply with the Code. Make sure that they understand what is expected of them.

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