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0 <br />the best interest of the community or heritage preservation. <br />9. Commissioners and Staff should seek the advice of colleagues or other professionals on <br />matters that fall outside their expert knowledge or competence. <br />10. Commissioners and staff should be consistent in their actions and recommendations, treat- <br />ing similarly situated properties similarly and providing clear explanations when different treat- <br />ment is required. <br />11. Commissioners and Staff should reveal illegal conduct on the part of other commissioners, <br />staff, officials, applicants or their representatives to an appropriate higher authority. <br />12. Commissioners and Staff should not participate in deliberations or decisions without ade- <br />quate preparation and knowledge of the matter before them. <br />13. Commissioners and Staff should avoid dishonesty, never misrepresenting facts or distorting <br />information to achieve a desired outcome. <br />14. Commissioners and Staff should recognize the uniqueness of heritage properties, applying <br />preservation theories, methods, and standards appropriate to each particular case. <br />15. Commissioners and Staff should be sensitive to ethical issues and ensure they are raised, <br />critically analyzed, and addressed by the commission and other appropriate authorities. <br />This Code of Ethics was developed by members of the NAPC through an interactive process <br />beginning with a series of facilitated sessions held during the July 2006 NAPC FORUM in Bal- <br />timore, MD. The resulting set of principles was further developed and refined by members dur- <br />ing the following three-month period leading up to the November 2006 annual meeting of <br />NAPC in Pittsburgh, PA. The effort was supported by the Board of Directors and staff of <br />NAPC and coordinated by Professor James K. Reap, an attorney and member of the Board, <br />with the involvement of the Historic Preservation Advocacy and Professional Development <br />class in the Master of Historic Preservation Program at the University of Georgia. The NAPC <br />would like to acknowledge the organizations whose guidelines and materials were relied on in <br />developing this code: the American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Planning Associa- <br />tion (APA), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), American Institute for Conserva- <br />tion of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), and International Council on Monuments and Sites <br />(ICOMOS). <br />4 <br />