Those are both disconnects in this conversation. I would love to hear an explanation from those who don't think it is a conflict of interest that isnƒ...

You have succefully identified a theoretical situation where one could possibly successfully argue that it acceptable to survey ones own land in Alask...

Thank you for this, I wanted to respond in this vein and was struggling, but you did it perfectly.

There were a number of examples in this thread of a "law" that supports the opinion. I think it's hard to come up with a clearer conflict of interest ...

@jon-payne this conversation is getting difficult. You are ignoring the crux of my argument against comparing us to attorneys. Attorneys are hired to ...

What rational interpretation of "unavoidable" would include deciding to survey your own boundary?

Yep! I would go even further, if you use the code of ethics as a guide to good behavior you've missed the point of being a proffesional. The code is t...

I don't follow. How does what I said conflict with a client having the right to a second opinion? Everyone is within their rights to ask for a second ...

OK seems clearest here. Is something that is professionaly unethical in one state ethical in another state, just because the code doesn't mention it??...

I think you may have much reduced vision of our role. A real-estate transaction is a financial exchange. A realtors job is to help their client with t...

Our proffesional opinions are quasi-verditcs. Our work has no value, if our clients can not expect that all will abide by our quasi-verdict.

Your technical abilities are completely irrelevant. Would you trust a very competent judge to be the judge in a lawsuit against himself?

@jon-payne you hit the nail on the head, "what happens if you did it correctly?" You will have a much harder time convincing that you did correctly, w...

Expressing my opinion, doesn't mean I don't acknowledge that there are other opinions. Making people aware, in the present, before trouble arrises, d...

There is a fundamental difference between a surveyor and a doctor or lawyer. A lawyer's job is to advocate for their client. There is nothing unethica...

You really are making my point well. With regards to the analogy, one size doesn't fit all is right on. Those that are arguing that if the code of con...

@jon-payne?ÿ Because almost every state has standards that are extremely minimal, and because the absence of a prohibition against something doesn't ...

In most places a public ROW can only go away if an appropriate public body officially vacated, but there are a few jurisdictions in the U.S. where non...

I find it disturbing that people are falling back to state standards. Is that how we measure ethics??ÿ Of course you shouldn't do it. At minimum ther...

A carpenter building his own house can't take part of their neighbors house.