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Commercial Diplomats Regulation Authority: Passion for Impactful Regulation, Integrity, Professionalism and Standards

COMMERCIAL DIPLOMATS REGULATION AUTHORITY: PASSION FOR SKILLS-BASED KNOWLEDGE, SPECIALISM-BASED EXPERTISE, AND HIGH STANDARD OF INTEGRITY

The Adopted Code of Practice

This Commercial Diplomats Regulation Authority (CDRA) Code of Practice (Commercial Diplomatic Code) been adopted by the Presidium, in order to help career commercial diplomats worldwide.

The Code of Practice

The CDRA Code provides guidance to career commercial diplomats and lays down the standards that the Presidium, through the 'Commercial Diplomatic Code' expects of accredited career commercial diplomats, to simultaneously meet high standards of integrity, international best practice, professionalism, civility, and probity.

Accreditations:

Qualified Policy Advocate - QPA
Qualified Certified Diplomat - QCDs,
Commercial Diplomat Plenipotentiary - C.Dipl

Subscribing to CDRA Code entails acceptance of the CDRA Disciplinary, Regulations and Procedures.

Purpose of the Adopted CDRA Code

One of Commercial Diplomatic Code's fundamental aims is to enhance the understanding, integrity and employability, as well as, professionalism of career commercial diplomats. To further this aim, the 'Commercial Diplomatic Code' requires all accredited commercial diplomats to adhere to the CDRA Code of Practice, as a way of providing tangible evidence of their commitment to integrity-focused decision-making, integrity-driven representatory policy-making, professionalism, standardization enforcement, and probity.

Accredited commercial diplomats who breach the CDRA Code shall be subject to disciplinary action by the Commercial Diplomatic Code.

Principal Functions: Enforcement of Obedience

CDRA functions as the standards authority on commercial diplomatic education, practise and service, with the right to enforce obedience:

It is independent, and empowered to deal with all matters which in its opinion may jeopardise the maintenance and safeguarding of integrity of the profession of commercial diplomacy, the professional body and members on all continents;
It has complete control over the unique commercial diplomatic profession with which it is concerned, and is diligently committed to uplifting and impacting the unique and noble profession;
It is responsible for setting the standards of education, training, and professional development, including Mandatory Qualifying Courses, and the Post-qualification Continuing Professional Development, together with the further training requirements for Qualified Policy Advocates, and Qualified Certified Diplomats (QCD);
It is responsible for setting of policy and guidelines, as well as the qualification, and accreditation procedures for the commercial diplomatic profession;
It has the power to suspend, or completely exclude (by the removal from the register of Qualified Commercial Diplomats) of the name of any member found guilty of misconduct, or for bringing the body, and or the profession into disrepute;
Any member found guilty by Council of plagiarism in their qualifying research projects, even if not financially motivated, shall be suspended, or completely excluded by the removal of his or her name from the register of Qualified Commercial Diplomats;
Professional examinations, qualifications, and diplomatic awards on commercial diplomatic education and practise shall continue to be directly regulated by the Council which alone authorises the requisite qualifications;
Consequences of misdemeanour may not be so serious if found to be minor, however, misconducting practitioners are reprimanded or debared by the Presidium;
No member/practitioner may be professionally accredited unless his or her proven relevant practical professional experience and qualification have been fully assessed, and impartially accepted by the Presidium.