Under all is the land. Upon its wise utilization and wide-spread ownership depend the advancement of national well-being and the perpetuation of the free institutions that go to make the American way of life.
Through the Realtor, the land resource of the nation has been husbanded and developed; and through him ownership has attained its widest distribution - a distinguishing mark that differentiates this from other civilizations and provides the real safeguard against radical impenetrations.
The Realtor is a creator of homes, both urban and rural, and by his activities molds the form of his future city, not only in the living of its people, but in its commercial and industrial aspects.
Such functions impose obligations beyond those of ordinary business; they impose grave social responsibilities which the Realtor can meet only by diligent preparation and by dedicating himself as a patriotic duty, to their fulfillment.
Therefore must the Realtor be zealous to maintain and continually improve the professional standards of his calling. He shares with his fellow-Realtors a common responsibility for the integrity and honor of that calling. No safer guide for his conduct exists than that counsel, handed down through the centuries, and embodied in the Golden Rule:
"Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them."
Accepting this counsel as his gauge, every Realtor pledges himself to observe its spirit in all his dealings and to conduct his business in accordance with the following Code of Ethics, adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Boards:
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