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liberty to send our own assistants to a 

 job, and have them stay as long as neces- 

 sary, and do whatever work is necessary 

 in the client's interest to get the desired 

 results if that seems more expedient for 

 the client than having such work done by 

 people not in our employ. 



We do, however, systematically try to 

 avoid getting our organization needlessly 

 entangled in executive work which can 

 be efficiently done by others and which 

 might interfere with our proper profes- 

 sional concentration on problems of de- 

 sign. 



There is no sense in a pharisaical at- 

 titude of adhering mechanically to any 

 single precisely defined method as the 

 sure way of salvation, and of regarding 

 all others as necessarily "unclean." The 

 real point is to use common sense, hon- 



esty, and a constant scrutiny of the effect 

 and tendency of one's methods in the 

 light of three principles : 



1. That the professional landscape 

 architect assumes a fiduciary obligation 

 to give only such advice and take only 

 such action as will best serve the client's 

 legitimate interests. 



2. That in consonance with this obli- 

 gation he must avoid putting himself in 

 a position where his advice or actions 

 might be influenced adversely to his 

 client's interest by regard for his own 

 financial interest in possible speculative 

 or commercial profits. 



3. That his primary function is de- 

 sign, and that he should avoid putting 

 himself in a position likely to emphasize 

 executive or managerial functions at the 

 expense of the function of design. 



