CAZA CODE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

Obligations of professional ethics
In order to promote high standards of conduct in our profession, CAZA has formulated the following basic principles for the guidance of its members:

As a member of CAZA, I pledge to:

• Realize that I have moral responsibilities not only to my professional associates, my fellow employees, and the public, but also to the animals under my care.
• Display the highest integrity, the best judgement or ethics possible, and use my professional skills to the best interests of all.
• Deal fairly with members in the dissemination of professional information and advice.
• Use only legal and ethical means when seeking to influence governmental legislation or regulations.
• Issue no statements to the public which I know to be false or misleading.
• Maintain high standards of personal, professional, and business conduct and behaviour.
• Promote the interests of CAZA and do my full share of all work required of me by CAZA.
• Cooperate with qualified zoos, aquariums, and other breeders in breeding programs of endangered and other species.
• Aid the professional development of those who enter the zoological park and aquarium profession by assisting them to understand the functions, duties and responsibilities of the profession.
• Make every effort to assure that exotic animals do not find their way into the hands of those not qualified to care for them properly.
• Encourage publication of significant achievements in breeding husbandry, medical technology, architecture, etc., in the appropriate publications generally familiar to members.
• Endeavour at all times to improve zoos and aquariums.

Preamble to Code of Professional Ethics
Mandatory Standards
Ethics Committee Guidelines