Code of Ethics for Electrical Inspectors.
Section 1 - Protection of the public

• In all aspects of his/her work, the Electrical Inspector will regard as his first responsibility the safety and physical well-being of the public.
• In all decisions regarding electrical safety, he/she will be governed by regulations adopted for use in British Columbia, or where regulations offer no guidance, he/she will base their decisions on sound engineering and safety practices consulting freely with building, fire or other responsible jurisdictions as they deem it necessary.
• The Inspector will remember always that his principal function is to provide an expert safety inspection service, and that enforcement procedures should be used only as a last resort, after persuasion has failed.
• The Inspector will guard against conditions that are hazardous or threatening to life, limb or property on work within their jurisdiction or if such work is not within his jurisdiction, they will promptly call such conditions to the attention of the proper authority.
• The Electrical Inspector will not disclose any information he may acquire concerning the business affairs or technical processes of those whose premises they have inspected.
• The Inspector will refrain from expressing publicly an opinion concerning any electrical project unless he is informed of the facts relating thereto.
• The Inspector will not permit the publication of their reports or part of in a manner calculated to mislead.
• When serving as a witness before the court, commission, or other tribunal, the Inspector will express an opinion only when it is founded upon adequate knowledge and honest conviction.
• In exercising their authority over any electrical project, the Inspector will make no demands not required by and consistent with good safe practices.
• The Inspector will constantly bear in mind the economic factors involved in achieving safe electrical installations, and will not insist upon costly measure when less expensive alternatives will produce acceptable results.
• The Inspector will keep himself informed of the latest electrical safety practices and code regulations, and new materials and methods as may from time to time be introduced; they will at all times be prepared to pass judgement upon any installation which he may be called upon to inspect.

Section 2 - Relationship with Contractors, Owners and their Agents.

• The Electrical Inspector will refrain from entering into any dispute between an Owner and his Agent.
• The Inspector will not use his office nor permit it to be used to enforce the demands of an Owner on his Agent or vice versa.
• The Inspector will endeavour always to be fair and just in their dealings with all Contractors and with all Owners; he will remember that the ultimate responsibility for any installation lies with the Owner, but will not on this account, permit a contractor to evade their responsibility  under the regulations.

Section 3 - Relationship with other Electrical Inspectors

• The Electrical Inspector will co-operate with others of their calling by exchanging  information and experience, and by contributing to the work of their association and to the publications devoted to the promotion of electrical safety.
• The inspector will not make misleading statements regarding his qualifications or experience.
• The Inspector will endeavour to extend public knowledge of and respect for the work of the Electrical Inspection Departments, and will discourage the spreading of untrue, unfair or exaggerated statements regarding electrical inspection practices or regulations.
• The Inspector will endeavour to protect Electrical Inspectors collectively and individually from misrepresentation and misunderstanding.
• The Inspector will refrain from criticizing publicly the work of another Electrical Inspector; if criticism must be made, they will make it before the association.
• If they consider another Electrical Inspector to be guilty of unethical conduct, they will present the information to the executive committee of the association.

The foregoing duties are hereby imposed upon all Inspector members of the Electrical Inspectors Association of British Columbia under penalty, in the event of a proven violation thereof by any members, of censure or temporary or permanent removal of the member's name from the register of the association.