CIPD Principles
As members of the Chartered Institute for Personnel & Development (CIPD), Courtney Consultancy adheres to its Standards of Professional Conduct, which is as follows:
CIPD members provide specialist professional knowledge, advice, support and management competence in the management and development of people.
In all circumstances they:
- must endeavour to enhance the standing and good name of the profession; adherence to this code of professional conduct is an essential aspect of this must seek continually to improve their performance and update and refresh their skills and knowledge
- must within their own or any client organisation and in whatever capacity they are working, seek to achieve the fullest possible development of people for present and future organisational needs and encourage self-development by individuals
- must within their own or any client organisation and in whatever capacity they are working, seek to adopt in the most appropriate way, the most appropriate people management processes and structures to enable the organisation to best achieve its present and future objectives
- must promote and themselves maintain fair and reasonable standards in the treatment of people who are operating within scope of their influence
- must promote and themselves seek to exercise employment practices that remove unfair discrimination including but not limited to discrimination against all groups of individuals referred to in anti-discrimination and equality legislation
- must respect legitimate needs and requirements for confidentiality
- must use due diligence and exercise high standards of timeliness, appropriateness and accuracy in the information and advice they provide to employers and employees
- must seek to recognise the limitations of their own knowledge and ability and must not undertake activity for which they are not yet appropriately prepared or, where applicable, qualified.
