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				<description><![CDATA[ Have you encountered an ethical issue that you would like to discuss? Please post it here.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:43:22]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I have encountered a CPM that i believe did not manage a property well and caused significant vacancies and losses to the property. I do not know if mismanagement is an ethical issue???]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:57:33]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ This is a tricky issue. There may be other factors into why the cpm did what they did. Some people just make bad decisions or have poor maangement skills vs oyutright theft or dis honesty. I do not believe a poor manaagment ability violates the code of ethis. Theft ,dishonesty, or something similar does violate the code. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:49:52]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[ At times owners cause mismanagement due to inadequate capital funds, lack of income due to vacancies and an inability or refusal to contribute funds to make improvements or maintain properties, which can look as though the property manager is mismanaging the property.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:58:30]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Over the years many situations have occured. When I have been faced with those situations I have always relied on my strength to do the right thing. I have always slept good at night and plan to do so for the rest of my life.  ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:44:24]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ With the hollidays having  just passed one item that has sometimes arisen is christmas gifts from vendors to the property management team.  Some companies have very strict policies and you are not allowed to accept even a box of chocolates.  Others do not have a stated policy and allow the managers to use their judgement as to what is or is not appropriate to accept.  How do some of your companies handle this issue?]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:44:37]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Ethics is an ongoing learning curve. We as a business must be careful as to what would be preceived as an unethical gift. Before we can say a gift is unethical, we must first know what is construed as unethical. Was a gift received with the intent of winning favortism over a pending contract or is it a breakfast meeting that the vendor supplied to introduce their product or service?<br /> If the gift is given as a prelude to a bidding process, then the gift would be construed as gaining favor and should not be taken. If it is the latter, then I see no ethical boundries being broken.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:00:26]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I have dealt with ethical issues and conflicts most of my experience with property management. At times some companies do not use professionalism as well as organizational skills when it comes to management. So have allowed unnecessary situation or circumstances accrue, but not realizing they can be avoid.<br /> <br /> Sometimes companies over look the importance’s of resident relation, organization, professionalism and more. They are more focus on the revenue.<br /> ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:03:47]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[  <img src="http://www.iremfirst.org/jforum//images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" /> with regard to ethics disclose disclose disclose.  state what happened, maintain a converation log.  include date, time, who, what where and when.  stick to policy and procedures, local, state or federal guidelines.  avoid opinions.  stick to the facts.  once you become emotionally involved you have got a problem. remain neutral.  ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:41:11]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ In my opinion it is just as important to avoid the "apperance" of a conflict of interest or unethical practice as it is to participate in one.  As a matter of practice I decline all offers even the "free" soda offered when I am calling on a restaurant tenant.  The Ethics section of the IREM website has examples and interpretations of the IREM Code which are a great resources for the public when they are making a determination to file a complaint as well as for IREM members if they have a question about what may be an inapproprite action.  The fact that before actions are taken they are being passed through an "Ethics Filter is great!]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:59:09]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I agree that ethics is a continually learning practice, and lays heavily upon how we are being perceived by those that we are servicing in the industry.  Getting a license to a profession immediately places one under the microscope.  It's a responsibility to be carried out with such high integrity, that there is no room left for speculation in the mind and eyes of the public!]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 2 May 2009 20:47:08]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I would like to know if there would be a conflict of interest if I am the property manager for the association and work for the developer and the developer ask that I be the secretary of it's entity.  Is there a confliced of interest being the Property Manager as well as the Secretary of the LLC?]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 May 2009 14:20:30]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I am responding to whether or not mismanagement of a property could be an ethnical issue.  When I first read this I thought the answer would be no, but after thinking about it, I can see where someone may think that this could be a serious ethnical issue if the manager knowingly is not doing their best to manage the property.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:02:37]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to ethical issues and conflicts.  I think that we need to step back and think that we are the owners of this property and do we think that this is the right thing to do and benefits the business.  I do agree that when I go to bed at night I want to be able to close my eyes and feel that the day went well and I did all that I could to make my owner proud to have me respresent him.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:36:14]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Ethics and conflicts is very common in any working environment. I have experienced a situation when I hired a staff member with my superior’s recommendation. Some time after and I noticed that he was performing very poorly regardless of additional trainings he received form me. When I was asked by my superior how he was doing, I didn’t hesitate to tell him the reality, that I didn’t think the person was suitable for this particular job. He insisted to give him more time and he would improve. So we did. Of course the job performance didn’t improve, and I decided that to let him go. I needed my superior’s approval for that, which he refused to give and suggested that maybe it was my poor training strategy to be blamed, which obviously created a conflict.<br /> I asked the company for my relocation to avoid any further escalations which I was granted, and soon after my ex-superior was brought in front of Ethics Committee. <br /> It is very important to always measure  up to Ethical and Moral codes in the workplace and in personal life as well.<br /> ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:43:44]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Hevign]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I feel at times that during this rough economy we are all trying to survive. I see many of us compromising our ethical values to try to achieve stabilty. This always backfires. I think we need to just stick to what we know is ethically right and we will come up on top... in the end.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:24:16]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I believe our ethics are taught very early on.  Perhaps, and most likely our parents/early influencers have much bearing on the ethics and lay the groundwork on the ethical behavior we develop as adults.  Consequently, we carry these ethics into our professions, any profession, not just property management.  I don't agree that ethics is a learning curve as some in this discussion have propounded.  <br /> <br /> I remember my first job out of high school was to cash company checks at the local Bank of America in San Francisco, California.  It was my job to cash the employees checks and bring them back cash.  Sounds a bit unplausible and very risky by today's standards.  The question that comes to mind is why would the employees trust a 18 year old kid with upwards of 10k in cash?  I don't know.  I just know that they did for several years and none were every sorry for doing so.<br /> <br /> It certainly doesn't surprise me that today my tenants/clients hand me cash and trust me with it.  I've  been lucky that I've never encountered a loss.  And I take extreme care in handling these funds.  My immediate goal is to get this money out of my hands and to its rightful owner.<br /> <br /> I know somewhere along the line I was taught what is right and wrong.  I'm thankful to my parents, teachers, and those early influencers that set me on the right track.  Any success that I have achieved in the real estate business and in life have been as a consequence of those instilled ethics!]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Nov 2010 23:09:52]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Ethical issues and conflicts</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ That is an interesting story Rick!  It is nice to know there are still folks who trust and believe in each other out there.  I so enjoy my relationships with fellow IREM members who share the common thread of trust, honesty, and having a great time together!   <img src="http://www.iremfirst.org/jforum//images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" />]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:42:34]]> GMT</pubDate>
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