How must ASET treat public access to its Code of Ethics?

As a self-regulating professional body mandated by provincial legislation to protect the public interest, ASET is required to make its Code of Ethics available to members of the public upon request. Public accessibility ensures transparency, allows clients and the general public to understand the professional and ethical standards expected of ASET members, and empowers the public to hold members accountable through the formal complaint process if those standards are breached.

B. Restricting the Code of Ethics to members contradicts the association's primary legislative mandate to protect and inform the public.

C. The Code is a foundational public document outlining professional standards, not a confidential record restricted only to active disciplinary hearings.

D. The Code applies to all individual members and protects the general public, so access cannot be arbitrarily limited solely to permit-holding employers.

1. Government of Alberta. Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act, RSA 2000, c E-11, Part 8.

2. Government of Alberta. ASET Regulation, Alta Reg 282/2009, Schedule 1 (Code of Ethics).

3. Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET). Public Protection and Ethical Standards Documentation.