AFA Annual Meeting 2016

1. Forestry Ethics
October 4 2016
AFA Annual Meeting
Fayetteville

2. CODE OF ETHICS
 1. I will advertise only in a dignified manner, setting forth in truthful
and factual statements the services I am prepared to render for my
prospective clients and for the public.
 2. I will strive for correct and increasing knowledge of forestry and
the dissemination of this knowledge, and will discourage and
condemn the spreading of untrue, unfair, and exaggerated
statements concerning forestry.
 3. When serving as an expert witness on forestry matters, in a public
or private fact‐finding proceeding, I will base my testimony on
adequate knowledge of the subject matter, and render my opinion
on my own honest convictions.

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 4. I will refrain from expressing publicly an opinion on a technical
subject unless I am informed as to the facts relating thereto, and will
not distort or withhold data of a substantial or other nature for the
purpose of substantiating a point of view.
 5. I will not voluntarily disclose information concerning my business
affairs of my employers, principals, or clients, which they desire to
keep confidential, unless express permission is first obtained.
 6. I will not, without the full knowledge and consent of my client or
employer, have an interest in any business which may influence my
judgment in regard to the work for which I am engaged.

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 7. I will not, for the same service, accept compensation of any kind,
other than from my client, principal, or employer, with full disclosure,
knowledge, and consent of all parties concerned.
 8. I will engage, or advise my client or employer to engage, other
experts and specialist in forestry and related fields when ever the
client’s or employer’s interest would be best served by such actions,
and will cooperate freely with them in their work.
 9. I will aid in safeguarding against the registration of persons
disqualified because of lack of good moral character or of adequate
training.

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 10. If I have substantial and convincing evidence of unprofessional
conduct of a registered forester, I will present the information to the
State Board of Registration for Foresters.

6. Years of Experience
1. Less than 5
2. 5 to 10
3. 10 to 20
4. More than 20

7. Employer
1. Forest Industry
2. Consultant
3. TIMO/REIT
4. Government
5. Logger
6. Other

8. Scenario # 1
A client hires you to give the value
of the timber resources on the
property which you do. Later in the
year a second client asks you for
the volume of sawlogs and
pulpwood in the different size
classes. What would you most
likely do?

9. Your Choices
A. B. C. D.
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A. Cruise the same tract again and work up the
requested information
B. Contact the original client and get
permission to use the cruise data and then
tell the new client that you are using the
same data to develop your timber volume
estimates
C. Use the cruise data you already have and
develop your timber volume estimates
D. Recruise the tract and use the average of
the first and second cruise to develop your
timber volume estimate

10. Scenario # 2
You are asked to bid on a tract of timber by
a RF working for a company. You give your
bid. After the bid closing you are then
contacted by the forester and informed that
you are the second high bidder and asked if
you want to increase your bid. You could
choose to do.

11. Your Choices
A. B. C. D. E.
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A. Increase your bid and
possibly get the bid
B. Not increase your bid
C. Contact the Board of
Registration and file a
complaint
D. Refuse to deal with this
company in the future
E. Both c and d

12. Scenario # 3
You are the successful bidder to harvest a tract. You
have an easement to cross another landowner’s
property. You have to construct a road across the
property. The landowner you have to cross has asked
only that you do the least amount of damage to the
trees as possible. You have to remove enough tree in
building the road that it would make a load of
pulpwood. What do you do with the trees?

13. Your Choices
A. B. C. D.
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A. Leave them on the side
where they were pushed
B. Load them out and include
them with the timber sale
C. Load them out and sell as
your own trees
D. Load them out and pay the
landowner you crossed the
proceeds of the sale of the
load

14. Scenario 4
You are a consultant forester and a landowner contacts you and
wants you to help him thin the timber on his property. He saw a
tract that was cut for “real estate purposes”. All the largest trees
(sawtimber) were removed and many of the smaller trees
(pulpwood) were removed leaving some of the intermediate trees.
He likes this look and wants it done on his property.
The landowner tells you that he plans to pass this property down to
his children in the future.

15. You Could
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 A). Select the trees to be harvested and conduct
the timber sale as the landowner requested.
 B). Discuss the pros and cons of this type of
harvesting and let the landowner make the
decision about the future harvest.
 C). Discuss this harvesting technique along with
thinning from below, clear-cut and planting then
based on the landowners decision determine
which trees will be harvested.
 D). Tell the landowner to get another consultant.

16. Scenario 5
You are contacted to bid on a timber sale by a landowner.
In your discussion you see that they have no management
plan and have made no consideration for the future of the
property.

17. You Could
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A). Give them a bid on their timber and offer to
develop a management for them.
B). Give them a bid on their timber.
C). Give them a bid on their timber and discuss
the value of a management plan for the future of
the property.
D). Give them a bid on their timber and give
them contact information on how to get a
management plan for the property.

18. Scenario 6
You are asked to help conduct a timber sale by a
landowner. As part of that process you mark the timber to
be sold. The landowner then changes his mind and decides
he wants to conduct the timber sale. You are fairly
compensated for your services by the landowner. Can you
now offer a bid on the timber when the landowner requests
bids on the timber?

19. Can You Bid?
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1. Yes
2. No

20. Scenario 7
A hunt club wants to change contract
terms on which trees are to be cut, after
an agreement has been made. You
already have some time and effort
invested in the project and the club
President tells you unless the change is
made then the deal is off.

21. You could
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1. Contact attorney for advice
2. Write new contract
3. Demand club stay with original
contract
4. Suggest club get another
consultant

22. Question # 8
 We are always looking for input for future
topics for Registered Foresters Continuing
Education Credit. However not all topics
meet the requirements necessary to
qualify for CFE Credit. Please select from
the list the topic that qualifies for Category
1 CFE credit.

23. Your Choices are…
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1. Logger Safety
2. Duck Biology
3. Pesticide equipment
maintenance
4. OSHA Rules and
Regulations
5. Your Company’s logging
guidelines

24. Questions / Comments