The Board of Environmental, Health & Safety Auditor Certifications (BEAC)
December 19, 2007 by amathew , amathew , Brian Butler | Filed under: Codes of Practice,Literature Review
http://www.beac.org/index.htmlThe Board of Environmental, Health & Safety Auditor Certifications (BEAC) is an independent, nonprofit corporation established in 1997 to issue professional certifications relating to environmental, health, and safety auditing and other scientific fields. BEAC is a member of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB), a third-party accreditation board. The CESB has granted full accreditation to the BEAC Certified Professional Environmental Auditor (CPEA) certification. The aim of the BEAC is to enhance the professional practice of EH&S auditing and reliability of audit results through an accredited auditor certification program and professional EH&S auditing standards. The BEAC code of ethics includes ideas such as exercising honesty, objectivity, and diligence in the performance of duties and responsibilities; undertaking only those services that can be completed with professional competence; adopting suitable means to comply with professional audit standards; cooperating fully with an inquiry in the event of any alleged breach of these code of ethics standards. The BEAC goal is to provide certification for EH & S professionals, and to promote ethical practice.