Welcome to the Florida Roof Deck Association
Mission Statement and Code of Ethics
Adopted January 14, 2004
The FRDA’s mission is to provide information and to educate and conduct programs that will enhance the business interests of our members and allow them to provide the construction industry with the best available technology and business practices.
The FRDA endeavors to foster and encourage a high standard of business ethics among its members and to inform the construction industry and design profession of the importance of doing business with competent and ethical firms. The FRDA encourages quality through research, education, and recognition of competence. The association represents the interest of the members before government and regulatory bodies and strives to improve the industry. Members of the FRDA serve the profession best by serving the construction industry and design profession first.
General Obligations & Ethics
The standards contained in this Code of Ethics are statements of ethical principles having broad applicability to members of the Florida Roof Deck Association.
Members of the Florida Roof Deck Association should recognize that their profession and their practice may be governed by various laws and building regulations, professional registration and the conduct of trade. It is their responsibility, therefore, to be familiar with those laws and regulations and to conduct themselves accordingly.
Members should uphold the spirit of these ethical standards in governing their professional affairs and should consider the full impact of their actions on other members of the organization, their trade and the community at large. Members shall conduct themselves in a fashion which brings credit to themselves, their employees and their profession.
Therefore, a Florida Roof Deck Association member:
- Shall engage in accurate, appropriate and truthful promotion of its trade.
- Shall make accurate, truthful and appropriate statements or claims about its professional qualifications, experiences and performance.
- Shall practice in accordance within applicable laws, professional design standards and building regulations.
- Shall preserve the confidence of its clients and serve them in a professional and competent manner.
- Shall encourage professional education and research, as well as the development and dissemination of information relating to the design and construction of its products.
- Shall be respectful of the rights of others in obtaining professional work or employment.
- Shall respond to the design profession in presenting accurate, updated information and represent the industry in a professional manor.