LCIRT Staff Participate in the Development of the New AHEAD Code of Ethics
LCIRT Staff Participate in the Development of the New AHEAD Code of Ethics
介绍
去年，一个由Dr. Adam Lalor (具有里程碑意义的大学)，博士. 莱曼·杜克三世(南佛罗里达大学)，博士. Sally Scott (AHEAD), Lourdes Quinones (University of South Florida), and Dr. Joseph Madaus (University of Connecticut) have been working to develop a revised and updated AHEAD Code of Ethics. 2021年7月 高等教育与残疾协会(AHEAD) Board voted to formally adopt the Code which was publicly announced this past Friday.
但为什么这是值得注意的? Codes of Ethics are vitally important to professional associations and the profession at large. They provide guidance for professional behavior and decision making marked by honestly and integrity. They also speak to the shared values of the association and profession which form the foundation of professional work. 在周五, AHEAD provided clear guidance for postsecondary disability services professionals and affiliated professionals on ethics for today’s professional working with people with disabilities in higher education.
制定修订和更新的AHEAD道德准则, the team took a re搜索 approach that consisted of three phases (1) reviewing the original AHEAD Code of Ethics and ethical statement from associated professional associations, (2)调查AHEAD领导和成员, and (3) interviewing stakeholders with perspectives on postsecondary disability work who appeared to be underrepresented in the survey responses. 以下各段将更详细地概述这些阶段.
第一阶段
A comprehensive review of the existing AHEAD Code of Ethics was conducted including a review of Lynda Price’s 1997 article “The Development and Implementation of a Code of Ethical Behavior for Postsecondary Personnel” that detailed the creation of the original AHEAD Code of Ethics. 此时此刻, a key decision was made to expand the scope of the Code of Ethics to cover all members of AHEAD and not just disability resource professionals. Following this decision, codes of ethics from related professional associations (e.g., 美国大学人事协会, 美国心理学会, 标准促进委员会, 特殊儿童委员会, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) were reviewed and key ideas were identified that appeared to be missing from the AHEAD Code of Ethics. Specific principles were written and developed to reflect these missing ideas and incorporated into the working list of AHEAD ethical principles. The AHEAD working principles were reviewed and organized according to theme.
第二阶段
A survey was developed that asked participants to (a) review each theme and principle, (b) comment as to whether or not they believed that these themes and principles should be included within a revised AHEAD Code of Ethics, (c)就修订主题和原则提出建议, (d) indicate whether the principles listed were appropriate for the given theme, (e) write new principles that they believed were missing from the theme, and (f) note any themes that they believed were missing from the Code. A purposeful sample of 10 participants representing various demographic backgrounds, 院校类型, and leadership positions within the field agreed participated in the study.
Data were reviewed from the survey and extensive revision of the working AHEAD Code of Ethics was undertaken. 在审查答复参与者的人口统计资料时, it was determined that additional representation related to two-year institutions, 小型残疾人资源办公室, and people identifying as men should be sought in order to ensure representativeness of the sample. 另外, it was decided to seek further insight from an expert in disability and social justice to ensure that this important perspective was clearly reflected in the Code of Ethics.
第三阶段
A series of six semi-structured interviews were conducted with AHEAD members having identified insights of need (see 第二阶段). 没有受访者参与调查. 与会者被要求(a)审查每个主题和原则, (b) comment as to whether or not they believed that the principles and themes should be included with a revised AHEAD Code of Ethics and why, (c)为修订任何主题或原则提出建议, (d) indicate whether the principles listed were appropriate for the given theme, (e) discuss any new principles that they believed were missing from the theme, and (f) discuss any themes that they believed were missing from the Code. Transcripts were reviewed, several items were revised, and some additional items were included. Revisions in this phase included rephrasing of some principles and expanding the focus on issues of social justice.
To view the new AHEAD Code of Ethics and to see the formal announcement written by LCIRT’s Dr. Adam Lalor，访问:
http://www.ahead.org/about-ahead/ahead-ethics