L2 Professional Codes of Ethics

Question 1

what is a code of ethics

Answer 1

• Document of guidance
• Outlines expectations for professional conduct
• Establishes the ethical standards of behaviour of professionals
• Can lay out specific duties and obligations
• A code informs and assists you in understanding how you must deliver your professional services
• The code also tells members of the public what is expected of you as a statutorily regulated professional

Question 2

what was the first ethical code

Answer 2

nuremberg code - est. in 1947 after nuremberg trials

Question 3

main points of nuremberg code

Answer 3

• Voluntary, well-informed, understanding consent of the human subject in a full legal capacity is required
• The experiment should aim at positive results for society that cannot be procured in some other way
• The experiment should be set up in a way that avoids unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injuries, except in circumstances where the experimental physicians also serve as subjects
• The human subjects must be free to immediately quit the experiment at any point when they feel physically or mentally unable to go on
• The medical staff must stop the experiment at any point when they observe that continuation would be dangerous
• The staff who conduct or take part in the experiment must be fully trained and scientifically qualified

Question 4

What is CORU

Answer 4

• Ireland’s multiprofessional health regulator for health and social care professionals
• Set up under the Health and Social Care Act 2005

Question 5

role of CORU

Answer 5

protects public by promoting high standards of:
- professional conduct
- education
- training
- competence through statutory registration

Question 6

our responsibility in relation to CORU code for SLTs

Answer 6

• We must be aware that a breach or breaches of this Code could be held to be professional misconduct or poor professional performance
• This could result in a disciplinary sanction being imposed following a fitness to practice inquiry

Question 7

two types of breach of ethical code

Answer 7

• poor professional performance
• professional misconduct

Question 8

poor professional performance

Answer 8

any failure of the registrant to meet the standards of competence that may reasonably be expected

Question 9

professional misconduct

Answer 9

omission or pattern of conduct that is a breach of the code of professional conduct and ethics