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Article 15

Posted by PRO Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:44:00 GMT

REALTORS® shall not knowingly or recklessly make false or misleading statements about competitors, their businesses, or their business practices. (Amended 1/92)

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Standard of Practice 15-1

Posted by PRO Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:46:00 GMT

REALTORS® shall not knowingly or recklessly file false or unfounded ethics complaints. (Adopted 1/00)

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Standard of Practice 15-2

Posted by PRO Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:47:00 GMT

The obligation to refrain from making false or misleading statements about competitors, competitors’ businesses and competitors’ business practices includes the duty to not knowingly or recklessly publish, repeat, retransmit, or republish false or misleading statements made by others. This duty applies whether false or misleading statements are repeated in person, in writing, by technological means (e.g., the Internet), or by any other means. (Adopted 1/07)

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Standard of Practice 15-3

Posted by PRO Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:58:00 GMT

The obligation to refrain from making false or misleading statements about competitors, competitors’ businesses and competitors’ business practices includes the duty to publish a clarification about or to remove statements made by others on electronic media the REALTOR® controls once the REALTOR® knows the statement is false or misleading. (Adopted 1/10)

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