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Section 1 General
Preamble
ABEEK promotes quality assurance of engineering, computing, and engineering technology education programs through accreditation. To contribute toward improvement of engineering, computing and engineering technology educational programs, we, the Commissioned Agents of ABEEK - the officers, staff and program evaluators - pledge to uphold the following principles and practices as we engage in activities on behalf of ABEEK during our commissioned period.
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We solemnly accept our obligation to ensure that our accreditation evaluation and accreditation decision are aligned with and uphold public health, safety, and welfare.
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We pledge to utilize our expertise on behalf of ABEEK during our commissioned period.
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We pledge to exercise utmost prudence in our words, attitude, and actions as we discharge our responsibilities.
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We pledge to promptly notify ABEEK and refrain from further activity if we encounter situation where conflict of interest issue can arise.
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We pledge not to disclose any material or information pertaining to accreditation evaluation to entities or persons other than relevant entities or officers of the institution/program, provided our non-disclosure does not violate existing law or compromise public good.
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We pledge to discharge our responsibilities ethically and lawfully so as to contribute toward the good name of ABEEK.
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We shall not discriminate on account of person’s race, religion, sex, handicap, age or nationality.
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We pledge to lend mutual encouragement and support for professional growths and observance of “ABEEK Code of Conduct”.
Disclosure of Confidential Documents and Materials
Documents and materials submitted for accreditation evaluation should not be read, lent, copied or distributed (in any form, electronic and otherwise) to other parties without explicit written consent of the institution/program concerned. The confidential documents include, but are not limited to, the self-study reports, evaluation reports, review statements and other documents marked ‘confidential’ by ABEEK.
