DBIA Code of Professional Conduct 5

Question 1

Under the DBIA Code of Professional Conduct, a member's primary obligation when public safety conflicts with a client's cost-cutting directive is to:

Accepted Answer

Prioritize public safety and refuse to implement unsafe measures

Answer

Public health and safety always take precedence over client directives under the DBIA Code's foundational safety obligations.

Question 2

A DBIA member serving as a design-build advisor for a public agency later wants to compete for a contract influenced by that advisory work. The Code of Professional Conduct would:

Accepted Answer

Require recusal from the competition due to the prior advisory relationship

Answer

Prior advisory roles that shaped procurement create conflicts of interest that bar participation in the resulting competition.

Question 3

How does the DBIA Code address a member's responsibility to stay current with developments in design-build practice and law?

Accepted Answer

Members have an ongoing duty to maintain and improve professional competence

Answer

DBIA's Code imposes an ongoing obligation on all members to maintain professional competence through continued learning and practice updates.

Question 4

When a client requests that a DBIA member omit unfavorable information from a project status report to be shared with public stakeholders, the Code requires the member to:

Accepted Answer

Refuse to produce a misleading or incomplete public report

Answer

DBIA's honesty and transparency obligations prohibit creating reports that mislead public stakeholders regardless of client direction.

Question 5

A DBIA member is pressured by a project owner to accept a change order that conceals the true nature of the work for budget reporting purposes. The Code requires the member to:

Accepted Answer

Refuse to execute a change order designed to obscure or misrepresent costs

Answer

Executing documents designed to misrepresent costs or scope violates the DBIA Code's honesty and integrity requirements.

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DBIA Code of Professional Conduct 5