
32 Private Security and the Investigative Process, Third Edition
ASIS Code of Ethics and Ethical Considerations
Approved June 27, 1980
Preamble
Aware that the quality of professional security activity ultimately depends upon the willingness of
practitioners to observe special standards of conduct and to manifest good faith in professional relation-
ships, the American Society for Industrial Security adopts the following Code of Ethics and mandates
its conscientious observance as a binding condition of membership in or afliation with the society.
Code of Ethics
I. A member shall perform professional duties in accordance with the la