About the Consulting Alliance

The Consulting Alliance is a voluntary association of professional consultants operating in the USA, UK, Europe and Asia.

The Consulting Alliance offers clients the chance to find leading independent consultants with the proven skills and experience to solve client challenges.

It is the ideal resource for organizations seeking to hire a skilled consultant with the highest level of expertise and professionalism.

Browse our Consultant directory to find top, experienced consultants for your assignment.

Code of ethics

All consultants listed in the Consulting Alliance’s Consultant directory are deemed to be member consultants of the Consulting Alliance. Member consultants shall represent the profession of consulting with integrity and professionalism. Adherence to this Code is an assurance to clients and the general public that member consultants maintain the highest standards of professionalism in their conduct with clients, the clients’ customers and stakeholders, and their colleagues.

Responsibilities to the client

  1. Member consultants shall always act in the best interest of the client, providing professional services with integrity, objectivity, and independence.
  2. Member consultants shall accept only those assignments for which the member has the qualifications, knowledge, and skill to serve the client effectively.
  3. Member consultants shall, before accepting an assignment, reach a mutual understanding with the client as to the objectives, scope, work plan, and costs. A member consultant shall establish fee arrangements with a client in advance of any substantive work.
  4. Member consultants shall avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of such. Member consultants shall not accept simultaneous assignments from two or more clients who have potentially conflicting interests without informing all parties in advance and securing all parties’ prior agreement.
  5. Member consultants shall treat clients’ information as confidential and take all reasonable steps to prevent it from access by unauthorized people. Member consultants shall not take advantage of such privileged information for use by the member, the member consultant’s firm or another client, without appropriate permission.
  6. Member consultants shall not engage in any malfeasance, dangerous behavior, or illegal activities in any matter related to an assignment and shall report to appropriate authorities within or external to a client organization any such activities discovered within the scope of an assignment.

Responsibilities to the consulting profession

  1. Member consultants shall not adopt any method of obtaining business that detracts from the professional image of the Alliance or its member consultants including, but not limited to:
  • advertising services in a deceptive manner;
  • misrepresenting his/her qualifications or experience;
  • denigrating other individual consulting practitioners, consulting firms, or the consulting profession.
  1. Other than submitting a bid in an openly announced competition for consulting services, member consultants shall not knowingly undertake activities designed to appropriate business from a fellow member consultant who has an existing relationship with a client for the same or similar services.
  2. Member consultants shall respect the rights of consulting colleagues and firms and shall not use their proprietary information or methodologies without permission.
  3. Member consultants shall promote adherence to the Code of Ethics by other consultants and other colleagues, whether or not working on the member consultant’s behalf. If a member consultant perceives a violation of the Code of Ethics by another member consultant, he or she shall report it to the Consulting Alliance.