| Learning Objectives: Class Four Each person has his or her own set of personal ethics, which likely have both similarities and differences with the ethical values of others. A profession is comprised of many individuals (ASHA has over 120,000 members), each with his or her own personal ethics. To unite the membership and educate members of a profession, a professional association prescribes a set of ethical standards or values to which all members of that association voluntarily subscribe. You will examine ASHA's Code of Ethics (and other 'cardinal documents' of the profession) to understand how they apply to the practice of speech-language pathology. Today's class focuses on Principle One of the Code, dealing with how we safeguard the welfare of the patients and subjects with whom we interact. Given a scenario, you should be able to identify ethical concerns in the situation and relate the specific rules of ethics to those concerns. The ability to relate the principles and rules of ethics to professional situations is fundamental to your successful practice of speech-language pathology and a necessary skill in evaluating case studies in this seminar. © Rentschler, 2008 |