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IEASA Procedure for Dealing with Ethical Complaints
Preamble
As a professional voluntary body, the Institute’s Ethical Standards Committee has jurisdiction only in matters concerning members of the Institute. The following Ethical Complaint Procedure has been formulated with a view to reducing the time frame for a case to be heard.
Before the institute can become involved in a dispute:
• the parties must be members of the Institute and must agree to abide by the findings of the Institute’s Ethical Panel appointed to hear the case.
• the relevant complaint is to be completed by someone who has the capacity to bind the Company or Individual to the finding of the Institute’s Panel.
• proof of an attempt to resolve the matter on a Principal to Principal level must be submitted.
The Complainant must:
• obtain the relevant Complaint Form from the Institute;
• complete it and send it to the Institute by prepaid registered post/hand delivered to
and include:
• all relevant material in affidavit form (certified);
• a R1 000-00 refundable deposit;
• copy of material and relevant complaint form must simultaneously be sent by the complainant directly to the Respondent by prepaid registered post or hand delivered.
The Respondent must:
• respond to the complaint within ten (10) days;
• complete the Relevant Form and send it to the Institute and include the Reply Affidavit Form;
• send copies of these documents directly to the Complainant by prepaid registered post or hand delivery.
• pay a R1 000-00 refundable deposit to the Institute.
The Complainant has a right of reply and must:
• respond to the Respondent’s affidavit within ten (10) days;
• reply to be in affidavit form to the Institute by prepaid registered post/hand delivered;
• a request for a hearing date;
• send copies of these documents directly to the Respondent by prepaid registered post or hand delivery.