Growing as Good Practitioners--3. Developing Guidelines for Good Practice

Lecture Three

The Pearls and the Perils:

Developing Guidelines for Good Practice

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Developing Guidelines for Good Practice

“I believe in discretion, not confidentiality.” “I’m too busy to follow-up that difficult matter—give me a break!” “This mistake must not discredit us by coming into public view.” Member care is a broad field with a wide range of practitioners and perspectives on what is ethically permissible. As this field continues to grow, it is important to offer guidelines to further clarify and shape good practice. In this presentation we will explore several ethical principles and human rights commitments to upgrade the quality of the supportive care that we offer mission/aid staff. We consider five types of guidelines: member care worker commitments, sending group principles, ethical rationalizations, specific ethics codes, and human rights principles. Ethical care is a mentality, a practice, and a commitment, based on moral law.