Mission Statement

The Consultants Forum is a community of independent consultants in the Lehigh Valley/Berks County regions who come together in the spirit of collaboration and continuous learning, in order to:

• Share resources, expertise and best practices;

• Encourage professional growth;

• Enable the best in one another;

• Identify and refer consulting opportunities.

Code of Ethics

We will:

• Create and maintain a safe, non-competitive environment.
• Respect each other's clients/prospects, processes, technology and materials.
• We will not misuse information received from other group members to further our own gains at a group member's expense.
• When in doubt regarding the ethics of a specific situation, we will ask for the other person's guidance and permission.
• Maintain confidentiality of group meetings and discussions.
• What is said within the group stays within the group.
• Represent our credentials, qualifications, experience and ability fairly and accurately to other group members.
• Value each other's personal and professional differences.
• Provide honest, caring feedback to each other.
• Limit membership to external training and organization development consultants and those making the transition into external consulting.
• Forum members will be required to join either the Eastern PA chapter or the RATO chapter of American Society of Training and Development (ASTD).

• Limit Membership to those in consulting firms of five or fewer employees.