Code of Ethics

Description

This course has been approved by the Maine Real Estate Commission for three hours of continuing education credit towards the renewal of a real estate license. It satisfies the New Member Requirement as well as the Cycle 8 NAR requirement that all members take a Code of Ethics course during this new three year cycle January 1, 2025-December 31, 2027. Our Promise of Professionalism Course participants will be able to identify the aspirational concepts found in the Preamble of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS and compare and contrast the REALTORS Code of Ethics with business ethics, describe the concepts established in Articles 1, 2, 3, 11, and 16 of the Code of Ethics and identify possible violations of the Code of Ethics specifically related to those Articles, describe the professional standards timing process for enforcing the Code of Ethics including the duty to arbitrate, identify critical elements of due process as they relate to the Code enforcement, identify how the Code of Ethics should be used in daily business practices and explain how the Pathways to Professionalism tool provides guidelines for respecting property, the public and peers