ARTICLE 21.
The Realtor should seek no unfair advantage over his fellow-Realtors and should willingly share with them the lessons of his experience and study.
ARTICLE 22.
The Realtor should so conduct his business as to avoid controversies with his fellow-Realtors. In the event of a controversy between Realtors who are members of the some local board, such controversy should be arbitrated in accordance with regulations of their board rather than litigated.
ARTICLE 23.
Controversies between Realtors who are not members of the some local board should be submitted to an arbitration board consisting of one arbitrator chosen by each Realtor from the real estate board to which he belongs or chosen in accordance with the regulations of the respective boards. One other member, or a sufficient number of members to make an odd number, should be selected by the arbitrators thus chosen.
ARTICLE 24.
When the Realtor is charged with unethical practice, he should place all pertinent facts before the proper tribunal of the member board of which he is a member, for investigation and judgment.
ARTICLE 25.
The Realtor should not voluntarily disparage the business practice of a competitor, nor volunteer on opinion of a competitor's transaction. If his opinion is sought it should be rendered with strict professional integrity and courtesy.
ARTICLE 26.
The agency of a Realtor who holds an exclusive listing should be respected. A Realtor cooperating with a listing broker should not invite the cooperation of a third broker without the consent of the listing broker.
ARTICLE 27.
Th,e-Realtor should cooperate with other brokers on property listed by him exclusively whenever it is in the interest of the client, sharing commissions on a previously agreed basis. Negotiations concerning property listed exclusively with one broker should be carried on with the listing broker, not with the owner, except with the consent of the listing broker.
ARTICLE 28.
The Realtor should not solicit the services of an employee or salesman in the organization of a fellow-Realtor without the knowledge of the employer.
ARTICLE 29.
Signs giving notice of property for sale, rent, lease or exchange should not be placed on any property by more than one Realtor, and then only if authorized by the owner, except as the property is listed with and authorization given to more than one Realtor.
ARTICLE 30.
In the best interest of society, of his associates and of his own business, the Realtor should be loyal to the real estate board of his community and active in its work.
CONCLUSION
The term Realtor has come to connote competence, fair dealing and high integrity resulting from adherence to a lofty ideal of moral conduct in business relations. No inducement of profit and no instructions from clients ever can justify departure from this ideal, or from the injunctions of this Code.