By establishing a Code of Business Ethics, DAAS wishes to provide clear guidelines to all advisers and to support the individual in avoiding to be involved in doubtful transactions. All advisers are accountable and they are under obligation to raise any issue of doubt with the management for clarification and decision.

Entering into agreements
The adviser cannot enter into legally binding agreements on behalf of DAAS or the project without prior agreement with the project management.

Impartialness
The adviser shall provide impartial advisory services which are based solely on an objective and professional basis.

Professional secrecy
The adviser shall observe professional secrecy as regards information obtained from the project which is classified as confidential by law or some other valid condition. The professional secrecy continues to apply even after termination of the adviser's employment.

Obligation to return material
Return of records, documents, books and other material given into the keeping of the adviser in connection with the performance of his tasks, is to take place according to agreement with the project management.

Corruption

• Bribery:
  • Non-engagement in offering, promising, or giving payment, gifts or other advantages directly or indirectly to a public official or private customer/partner or his/her employees in order to influence a project, its implementation or parts of this
• Extortion:
  • Non-engagement in threatening a public official or private customer/partner or his/her employees in order to influence a project, its implementation or parts of this
• Fraud:
  • Non-engagement in falsification and withholding of data or other factors which are essential in order to comply with the terms of contract during the selection or implementation of a project or during the distribution of project funds
• Collusion:
  • Non-engagement in collusion among bidders, which can influence the bidding process and prevent the client from conducting a fair and open process

For further information, please see FIDIC's Guidelines for Business Integrity Management.

Characteristics of the adviser
The adviser is to demonstrate technical and professional abilities whenever he is in contact with customers or deals with projects related to DAAS.

Moreover, the adviser is expected to demonstrate:

• Professional secrecy within all matters, co-operation with customers and partners, loyalty, honesty, commitment, flexibility, trustworthiness, motivation and ability to create optimal working conditions, personally as well as professionally

Health
The adviser shall follow the official health advice of his/her country.

Safety
The project management shall be responsible to keep abreast with the official security advice in countries of assignment by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Import and trade in threatened animals and plants
The adviser is expected to comply with the Washington Convention of 3 March 1973 on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). For further information, visit the web site of Danish Forest and Nature Agency, www.sns.dk.

Human rights
The adviser shall not – neither directly nor indirectly –   resort to, contribute to or in other ways participate in torture, inhuman or dishonourable treatment or punishment. The prohibition is in agreement with the international responsibilities of Denmark within this field.[1]

The adviser shall observe the internationally recognised minimum age for admission to employment[2].

Political activity
The adviser should neither engage in political, ethnic, nor religious subjects while residing in the host country.

Possibilities of cancelling contract
The co-operation can be terminated if the adviser’s behaviour or the results presented are considered as inappropriate for the customer or the government in the country in which the project is carried out.

Matters of doubt
If the adviser is in doubt whether a task is consistent with the responsibilities according to these conditions, the adviser shall reject participation and immediately contact the project management.

For further conditions, please see the employment contract of the project manager or adviser in question.