_{The AIG Council has initiated a review of AIG’s Code of Ethics and Complaints / Ethics and Standards disciplinary processes.  The review is being conducted with the assistance of a leading, national law firm.}

All members agree to comply with the Institute’s Code of Ethics upon joining AIG.  The Code sets standards of professional conduct and practice through the code itself, and other standards including the JORC and VALMIN codes that are referenced by it.

The Code of Ethics has been little changed since AIG was formed and has been proved to be a robust and fair set of principals to be followed by members.  Minor changes have been introduced on one or two occasions to deal with the impacts of changes to Australian corporate law.  AIG’s complaints process was redesigned some years ago to increase procedural fairness for members affected by allegations of poor professional practice.  The principal impact of these changes was the separation of the responsibilities for investigating and ruling on complaints with the formation of a Complaints Committee to work in hand with the Institute’s Ethics and Standards Committee.  The review will also address changes to the Code of Ethics needed due to the implementation of a revised AIG Constitution in 2016.  The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in Ridley v AusIMM provided a catalyst for the review.

Members are invited to submit comments and ideas to be considered during the review.  Please submit comments by email to andrew.waltho@aig.org.au by 22nd April, 2018.

The review will be finalised during May.  Proposed changes will need to be submitted to AIG members for review and approval.