Do ethical rules for certain professions prohibit participation in BNI?
BNI understands the importance of the ethical concerns governing certain professions and acknowledges that rules can differ by location. BNI requires its members to uphold the rules of their profession and never violate the professional’s ethical obligations. In the event that BNIs general rules could potentially violate a professional’s ethical code, BNIs rules are superseded by the dictates of the professional’s ethics code. Significantly, a primary objective of BNI is to educate its membership in ways to market and grow business. It is BNIs intent to ensure that this is permitted.
BNI understands the importance of the ethical concerns governing certain professions and acknowledges that rules can differ by location. As such, BNI therefore requires its members to uphold the rules of its profession so as not to violate the professional’s ethical obligations. In the event that BNI’s general rules could potentially violate a professional’s ethical code, BNI’s rules are superceded by the dictates of the professional’s ethics’ code. Significantly, a primary objective of BNI is to educate its membership in ways to market and grow business. It is BNI’s intent to ensure that this is permitted.
