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What's
Behind the "CMC"?
CMC
- Certified Management Consultant - is the preeminent designation earned
in the management consulting profession.
Managers should seek
management consultants who meet the profession's standards of competence
and ethics. The CMC certification granted by the Institute of Management
Consultants is the mark of excellence among management consulting professionals,
ensuring the consultant meets a global standard recognized by the International
Council of Management Consulting Institutes.
The Certified Management
Consultant has met strict certification requirements of the Institute
of Management Consultants, founded in 1968 to establish publicly recognized
standards of competence and professional conduct for the individual management
consultant.
Standards of Competence
Every step in the
certification process is designed to verify the candidate's professional
competence:
- At least five
years of experience in the full-time practice of management consulting,
with major responsibility for client projects during at least one of
those years.
- Multiple references,
most of them officers or executives of clients served, have been investigated
to assure that consulting relationships were satisfactory.
- Written summaries
of five client assignments (disguised to protect client identity).
- Passing a qualifying
interview by senior CMCs, demonstrating professional competence
and currency in areas of specialization, application of experience,
and understanding of the management consulting process.
- Passing a written
examination to confirm understanding of the Code of Ethics and attesting
annually to abide by it.
IMC Code of Ethics
CMCs pledge in writing
to abide by the Institute's Code of Ethics, signifying voluntary assumption
of self-discipline above and beyond the requirements of law. Key provisions
of the Code require that CMCs:
- Safeguard confidential
information
- Render impartial,
independent advise
- Accept only those
client engagements they are qualified to perform
- Agree with the
client in advance on the basis for professional charges
- Develop realistic
and practical solutions to client problems.
Certified Management
Consultants pledge in writing to abide by the following Code of Ethics of
the Institute of Management Consultants.
Clients
- We will serve
our clients with integrity, competence, and objectivity.
- We will keep
client information and records of client engagements confidential and
will use proprietary client information only with the client's permission.
- We will not take
advantage of confidential client information for ourselves or our firms.
- We will not allow
conflicts of interest which provide a competitive advantage to one client
through our use of confidential information from another client who
is a direct competitor without that competitor's permission.
Engagements
- We will accept
only engagements for which we are qualified by our experience and competence.
- We will assign
staff to client engagements in accord with their experience, knowledge,
and expertise.
- We will immediately
acknowledge any influences on our objectivity to our clients and will
offer to withdraw from a consulting engagement when our objectivity
or integrity may be impaired.
Fees
- We will agree independently and in advance on the basis for our fees
and expenses that are reasonable, legitimate, and commensurate with
the services we deliver and the responsibility we accept.
- We will disclose to our clients in advance any fees or commissions
that we will receive for equipment, supplies or services we recommend
to our clients.
Profession
- We will respect the intellectual property rights of our clients,
other consulting firms, and sole practitioners and will not use proprietary
information or
methodologies without permission.
- We will not advertise our services in a deceptive manner and will
not misrepresent the consulting profession, consulting firms, or sole
practitioners.
- We will report violations of this Code of Ethics
For
more information about the CMC designation or about the IMC, visit the
IMC website: www.imcusa.org
Contact
Holeton Consulting today to schedule your complimentary initial consultation
session.
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