Bribe - something of value given in the hope of influence or benefit.

Ethics - well-based standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness or specific virtues.

Gift - something of value given without the expectation of return.

Michael D. Conley

Michael has forty years’ experience in all facets of residential and commercial construction, repair, remodeling, and condominium conversions. He is experienced as a laborer, carpenter, foreman, superintendent, project manager, construction consultant and estimator.

Mike has twenty-eight years’ experience as a home inspector. His inspection experience encompasses municipal code inspections as a building official, relocation inspections for three national relocation companies, insurance and bank, building evaluation, partial and complete resale and mortgage home inspections. Mike also has experience inspecting commercial & industrial buildings as well as new construction monitoring and walk through inspections.

Mike has experience in property valuation replacement costs as it pertains to residential & commercial buildings. Over the last twenty years, he has established replacement costs for various condominiums, industrial buildings, and single family homes using various cost guides including but not limited to local data, National Builders Association cost guide, Marshall-Swift, and others.

Mike’s educational instructor experience covers seven years teaching for ITA/Kaplan schools and three years currently teaching for The ASHI School, as a lead instructor. Mike is also certified by the State of Florida as a Continuing Education Provider.

Florida Commission on Ethics-Guide

ICC - Ethics in Code Administration

Florida – Code of Ethical Professional Conduct

Chapter 112, Part III, F.S.

Chapter 468, Part XII, F.S.

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Ethics Resource Center, 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20006 (www.ethics.org) October 2006

The Ethical Dilemma in Business Gifts: Giving or Bribery? By Karl Smith: author, speaker and founder of Business Networking South Africa Cape Town.

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Associated Press. (2016, April 5). Feds: Chicago inspector prices 'appreciation' at $300. Retrieved from https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160405/news/304059791

Davey, M. (2003, June 30). 12 Die in Chicago As Crowded Decks Collapse at a Party. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/us/12-die-in-chicago-as-crowded-decks-collapse-at-a-party.html

Smith, G. B. (2018, April 8). Crooked, coke-partying Buildings Department fixer re-emerges as political force for NYC developers. Retrieved from https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/crooked-buildings-department-fixer-re-emerges-political-force-article-1.3059254

Florida Building Inspectors: Ethics