EA10: Standard of Care & Independence Disclosure

Your signature carries weight downstream. A capital provider that funds a project on inflated projections, then watches actual performance fall short, remembers the auditor’s name — and so does the owner. Seven commitments, beginning with the one that matters most: do not overstate savings, ever. Conservative, well-documented numbers that come true build a reputation that feeds you for a decade; optimistic numbers that do not will end you in this market faster than anything else. The rest cover bounding uncertainty, disclosing method rather than result, separating observation from inference, maintaining independence, staying in your lane, and remaining available. The back page is the executable disclosure of record: engagement and compensation basis, five conflict checkboxes, and a certification. Checking a box is not disqualifying; failing to check one is.