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STA ethics and code of conduct
Members of the STA are expected to set an example of good conduct to those around them. This applies not only in the professional arena, but also in other areas of life where decisions made, may bring themselves, their firm, and technical analysis as a profession into disrepute.
Members are expected to always demonstrate integrity.
Indicators of integrity are:
1. compliance with relevant laws and regulation - including maintaining confidentiality, avoiding market abuse, etc. 2. acting within the powers allocated to you - not claiming to have more authority than you have. 3. acting in the best interests of those relying on your work - engaging in your activities with skill, care, and diligence. 4. exercising judgement - consider the advice of others but accept responsibility for your decisions. 5. giving credit to others where it is due. 6. preventing conflicts of interest wherever possible and managing/communicating those that cannot be avoided. 7. politely declining gifts or hospitality where accepting them could be seen as creating an obligation. 8. avoid acting in a way which could be discriminatory - recognising the benefits to you, your firm and technical analysis more widely from diversity and inclusion. 9. raising concerns about conduct that you observe in a way which facilitates discussion and resolution. 10. when attending any STA events or when being perceived as representing the STA you will act with propriety and in a professional manner.
Member disclosure requirements
Members are required to inform the STA of any matter, which might impair their ability to perform duties or affect their professional reputation as a technical analyst. This includes matters which might adversely affect the reputation of the member, the member’s employer, or the STA itself.
Examples of matters requiring disclosure are as follows (this list is intended as a guide and is not exhaustive):
• conviction for a criminal offence (other than a spent conviction or a minor motoring offence). • the laying of a criminal charge, committal for trial or an arrest, if you are adjudged bankrupt or make any composition or enter into any deed of arrangement with your creditors or are subject to any civil action for debt. • exclusion from or commencement of proceedings to exclude from a professional body. • disqualification or commencement of proceedings to disqualify from acting as a director or corporate officer in the
UK or elsewhere. • recipient of any regulatory action in the UK or elsewhere.