The document discusses ethics and ethical behavior in early childhood education. It provides the definition of ethics as well-founded standards of right and wrong. It then discusses the key principles of the Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics, which provides guidance for early childhood professionals. The Code outlines the ethical responsibilities of professionals in their relationships with children, families, colleagues, communities, students, employers, and in conducting research. It emphasizes respect, integrity, inclusion and advocating for children's rights.
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Prenatal development: germinal, embryonic &fetal period; Factors that can have a serious negative impact on the development of the unborn: maternal health, radiation, maternal nutrition, medication and drugs, age of the parents, diseases in the pregnant woman and the emotional state of the mother.
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Presentation by Florence Martin, Senior Coordinator at Better Care Network during the "Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support," Florence, Italy 26-27 May 2014.
Webster's New World Dictionary defines parenting as work or skill of a parent in raising a child or children. The same definition applies to single parenting, except in this case the single parent assumes the role of both father and mother. There are a number of circumstances that lead to single parenting: divorce, separation, abandonment, and death.
Presentation by Florence Martin, Senior Coordinator at Better Care Network during the "Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support," Florence, Italy 26-27 May 2014.
Webster's New World Dictionary defines parenting as work or skill of a parent in raising a child or children. The same definition applies to single parenting, except in this case the single parent assumes the role of both father and mother. There are a number of circumstances that lead to single parenting: divorce, separation, abandonment, and death.
This revision presentation introduces the concept of business ethics. The distinction between ethical and legal behaviour is examined as are the potential benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour. Some topical examples of business ethics in action are also provided.
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Legality is only a first step
Questions to ask: When faced with a potentially unethical action.
Management’s role
Compliance/Integrity based codes
Corporate social responsibility
A definition and stakeholders
1. BackgroundYou work as the DOS (Dean of Students) at a faith-AbbyWhyte974
1. Background:
You work as the DOS (Dean of Students) at a faith-based, private, medium-sized, liberal arts school in the south. Your student population is 5,000 with 3,0000 undergraduate students. Your undergraduate population is approximately 80% white/Caucasian with the remaining approximately 20% of the undergraduate population made up of minorities: African American (85% of total 20%), Hispanic/Latino Americans (8%), Asian Americans (7%) as well as Native Americans (5%). Currently, within the student affairs model at your institution, there is no established multicultural office and your programming funding has not changed since 2010 (limited resources).
Scenario:
You have been approached by some of your minority student leaders (students involved in CAB, SGA, Orientation) in creating more specific opportunities for engaging new minority students in order to help with retaining more minority students. After meeting with the students several times, a meeting is finally accepted by the President of your institution. He is in favor of moving forward but tells the students that he would like for this endeavor to be organic in its approach and lead by the students in creating these new programs. He doesn't think a top-down approach (creating a Multicultural Affairs office) is the right fit but tasks you with helping this new student initiative.
What approach would you, the DOS, take in helping these students? How much involvement should you, the DOS, have in this creation to keep it truly 'student-driven'?
2. Tinto’s (1993) model of college departure has indicated that the greater a student’s academic and social integration, the more connected the student will be to the institution. Tinto (1993) goes on to indicate that orientation is the groundwork to achieving academic and social integration. Do you think that Tinto's (1993) model is still applicable to Gen Z and is orientation truly the right place to start?
3. Does 'student life programming' strengthen the academic enterprise? If so, then how? If not, why not pour funding back into strengthening academics? Please provide one recent article (2009-Present) that provides evidence for your answer.
Code of Ethical Conduct
and Statement of Commitment
A position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Preamble
NAEYC recognizes that those who work with young
children face many daily decisions that have moral and
ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct
offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a
common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas
encountered in early childhood care and education. The
Statement of Commitment is not part of the Code but is a
personal acknowledgement of an individual’s willingness to
embrace the distinctive values and moral obligations of the
field of early childhood care and education.
The primary focus of the Code is on daily practice with
children and their ...
1. BackgroundYou work as the DOS (Dean of Students) at a faith-MartineMccracken314
1. Background:
You work as the DOS (Dean of Students) at a faith-based, private, medium-sized, liberal arts school in the south. Your student population is 5,000 with 3,0000 undergraduate students. Your undergraduate population is approximately 80% white/Caucasian with the remaining approximately 20% of the undergraduate population made up of minorities: African American (85% of total 20%), Hispanic/Latino Americans (8%), Asian Americans (7%) as well as Native Americans (5%). Currently, within the student affairs model at your institution, there is no established multicultural office and your programming funding has not changed since 2010 (limited resources).
Scenario:
You have been approached by some of your minority student leaders (students involved in CAB, SGA, Orientation) in creating more specific opportunities for engaging new minority students in order to help with retaining more minority students. After meeting with the students several times, a meeting is finally accepted by the President of your institution. He is in favor of moving forward but tells the students that he would like for this endeavor to be organic in its approach and lead by the students in creating these new programs. He doesn't think a top-down approach (creating a Multicultural Affairs office) is the right fit but tasks you with helping this new student initiative.
What approach would you, the DOS, take in helping these students? How much involvement should you, the DOS, have in this creation to keep it truly 'student-driven'?
2. Tinto’s (1993) model of college departure has indicated that the greater a student’s academic and social integration, the more connected the student will be to the institution. Tinto (1993) goes on to indicate that orientation is the groundwork to achieving academic and social integration. Do you think that Tinto's (1993) model is still applicable to Gen Z and is orientation truly the right place to start?
3. Does 'student life programming' strengthen the academic enterprise? If so, then how? If not, why not pour funding back into strengthening academics? Please provide one recent article (2009-Present) that provides evidence for your answer.
Code of Ethical Conduct
and Statement of Commitment
A position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Preamble
NAEYC recognizes that those who work with young
children face many daily decisions that have moral and
ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct
offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a
common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas
encountered in early childhood care and education. The
Statement of Commitment is not part of the Code but is a
personal acknowledgement of an individual’s willingness to
embrace the distinctive values and moral obligations of the
field of early childhood care and education.
The primary focus of the Code is on daily practice with
children and their ...
James B. 2 Christa Columbia Southern University Unit III Business .docxchristiandean12115
James B. 2 Christa Columbia Southern University Unit III Business Ethics
3 Original code of ethics for your family by thinking about your family as an organization Purpose
2 It is not an easy task to raise children under the current generation within the community and as a family due to the significant ethical and moral dilemmas that affect the decision-making process. 4 Also, one should be mindful of advancement that has occurred in the base knowledge of children care that have happened over a period. As such, the guiding principle that affects the formulation of codes of ethics to the family leader or member is imperative to fully utilizing the knowledge and capabilities towards achieving competent childcare practices.
The Family ethical child Code offers the specific rules and guidelines to guide and direct the behavior and principles of a child as they grow. 4 It also aims to address, as much as possible, the psychological, spiritual, social, cultural, and biological needs of young siblings and their families.
Core Values
It is imperative to note that children learn from what they see in their families, the community, and groups they interact with. 5 Featherstone et al., (2014) indicates that the code depicts how children, through a diversity of experiences, learn and bring precious knowledge in the learning process. The Socio-cultural theories have developed to have a clear focus on children as they extend beyond the development of the fundamental importance’s of social context and leering within the children. 6 The Early childhood care in families and within different societies have to integrate practical approaches whereby listening and dialogues can be responsive to assist in building proper relationships and connection that can help to advance and sustain the collective wellbeing of individuals.
As such, the core values that are imminent in this case revolve around the creation and maintenance of a healthy setting for child growth. The approach is also helpful in fostering proper emotional, a social, physical and cognitive development that helps to ensure children grow with appropriate dignity and are contributive to the society. In light of the above information, therefore, it is only possible to administer the code of ethics through having good working families that help to provide a smooth and safe transition for the kids as they move from different programs.
3 Training and Education
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3. What does the word ‘ethics’ mean? Secondly, ethics refers to the study and development of one's ethical standards... it is necessary to constantly examine one's standards to ensure that they are reasonable and well-founded. Ethics also means, then, the continuous effort of studying our own moral beliefs and our moral conduct, and striving to ensure that we, and the institutions we help to shape, live up to standards that are reasonable and solidly-based. Ethics is hard to define but is made up of two things. First, ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/whatisethics.html
4. Is this ethical behaviour? A qualified EC caregiver who has a good rapport with visiting students, seeks out troubled students with personal problems whom she thinks she can help. She has no formal counselling qualifications. A qualified EC caregiver is suffering from some particularly difficult personal problems. Those who work closely with her have observed that there is clearly something wrong and it is having a serious impact on her capacity to do her job well. The EC worker also knows that her situation is having a negative impact on her caregiving, but refuses to acknowledge it.
5. Is this ethical behaviour? A qualifed EC caregiver espouses her particular views on child rearing practices to her group’s families on a regular basis. She makes derogatory comments about any opposing point of view. A qualified EC caregiver puts a number of her group of children’s families on a social networking site as ‘friends'. The worker regularly updates the site with personal information.
6. Discussion Questions Are there boundaries to the type of communication caregivers should have with centre families outside the early childhood environment? If so, what are they? How do you balance the individual needs of a child with the needs of a group of children as a whole? 3. How do you balance the sharing of confidential information about children with your colleagues and the need to respect a child’s/family’s privacy? 4. What would you do if you found that one of your colleagues was speaking negatively to a parent about the service?
7. What is a Code of Ethics? An organized group of ethical behavior guidelines, which govern the day-to-day activities of a profession or organization http://www.peakagents.ca/glossary/c10.htm A formal and systematic Statement of rules, principles, regulations or laws, developed by a community to promote its well-being and to exclude or punish any undermining behaviour. http://www.dayarayan.info/english-Glossary%20.php With regard to professions, a code of professional standards, containing aspects of fairness and duty to the profession and the general public http://www.titleguarantynm.com/glossary/glossary_e.asp#E The code of ethics, developed by peak children's organisation Early Childhood Australia, outlines appropriate and expected behaviour for early childhood professionals. http://www.childrenscentres.sa.gov.au/pages/ecconnections/codeofethics/?reFlag=1
8. What does the Code do? This Code of Ethics provides a framework for reflection about the ethical responsibilities of early childhood professionals. Following a national process of consultation, principles emerged which are indicative of the values we share as early childhood professionals in Australia. The Code is intended for use by all early childhood professionals who work with or on behalf of children and families in early childhood settings. http://www.childrenscentres.sa.gov.au/pages/ecconnections/codeofethics/
9. What does the Code do? “It (the Code) has been developed for professionals by professionals...It focuses on a range of issues including the impact of media, technology, health issues and differing family contexts. The new code reflects life in the new millennium. It positions children as active citizens with entitlements and rights, living in a global community.” (Parletta, I. 2007) The first Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics was developed in 1990 by a national working party, with considerable input from the early childhood field. "When it was first published the code was groundbreaking work and a step forward in helping to bridge the divide between care and education. It will be reviewed regularly to ensure it remains relevant to new types of service delivery.” (Parletta,I. 2007) http://www.childrenscentres.sa.gov.au/pages/ecconnections/codeofethics/
10. Key words underpinning the Code respect courage honesty democracy inclusivity social responsiveness cultural responsiveness education integrity justice
11. Professional Responsibility In the Code of Ethics, the protection and wellbeing of children is paramount. Therefore speaking out or taking action in the presence of unethical practice is an essential professional responsibility.
12. The Early Childhood Code of Ethics Image from the Code of ethics document obtained from http://earlychildhoodaustralia.org.a
13. In relation to children, I will: 7. Work to ensure children and families with additional needs can exercise their rights 8. Acknowledge the uniqueness and potential of all children, in recognition that enjoying their childhood without undue pressure is important. 9. Acknowledge the holistic nature of children’s learning and the significance of children’s cultural and linguistic identities. 10. Work to ensure children are not discriminated against on the basis of gender, age, ability, economic status, family structure, lifestyle, ethnicity, religion, language, culture, or national origin. 11. Acknowledge children as competent learners, and build active communities of engagement and inquiry. 12. Honour children’s right to play, as both a process and context for learning 1. Act in the best interests of all children. 2. Respect the rights of children as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and commit to advocating for these rights. 3. Recognise children as active citizens participating in different communities such as family, children’s services and schools. 4. Work with children to help them understand that they are global citizens with shared responsibilities to the environment and humanity. 5. Respect the special relationship between children and their families and incorporate this perspective in all my interactions with children. 6. Create and maintain safe, healthy environments, spaces and places, which enhance children’s learning, development, engagement, initiative, self-worth, dignity and show respect for their contributions.
14. 2. In relation to families I will: 1. Listen to and learn from families, in order to acknowledge and build upon their strengths and competencies, and support them in their role of nurturing children. 2. Assist each family to develop a sense of belonging and inclusion. 3. Develop positive relationships based on mutual trust and open communication. 4. Develop partnerships with families and engage in shared decision making where appropriate. 5. Acknowledge the rights of families to make decisions about their children. 6. Respect the uniqueness of each family and strive to learn about their culture, structure, lifestyle, customs, language, beliefs and kinship systems. 7. Develop shared planning, monitoring and assessment practices for children’s learning and communicate this in ways that families understand. 8. Acknowledge that each family is affected by the community contexts in which they engage. 9. Be sensitive to the vulnerabilities of children and families and respond in ways that empower and maintain the dignity of all children and families. 10. Maintain confidentiality and respect the right of the family to privacy
15. 3. In relation to colleagues, I will: 1. Encourage my colleagues to adopt and act in accordance with this Code, and take action in the presence of unethical behaviours. 2. Build collaborative relationships based on trust, respect and honesty. 3. Acknowledge and support the personal strengths, professional experience and diversity which my colleagues bring to their work. 4. Make every effort to use constructive methods to manage differences of opinion in the spirit of collegiality. 5. Share and build knowledge, experiences and resources with my colleagues. 6. Collaborate with my colleagues to generate a culture of continual reflection and renewal of high-quality practices in early childhood CC WORKER
16. 4. In relation to communities, I will: 1. Learn about the communities that I work within and enact curriculum programs which are responsive to those contexts and community priorities. 2. Connect with people, services and agencies within the communities that support children and families. 3. Promote shared aspirations amongst communities in order to enhance children’s health and wellbeing. 4. Advocate for the development and implementation of laws and policies that promote child-friendly communities and work to change those that work against child and family wellbeing. 5. Utilise knowledge and research to advocate for universal access to a range of high-quality early childhood programs for all children. 6. Work to promote community understanding of how children learn, in order that appropriate systems of assessment and reporting are used to benefit children
17. 5. In relation to students I will: 1. Afford professional opportunities and resources for students to demonstrate their competencies. 2. Acknowledge and support the personal strengths, professional knowledge, diversity and experience which students bring to the learning environment. 3. Model high-quality professional practices. 4. Know the requirements of the students’ individual institutions and communicate openly with the representatives of that institution. 5. Provide ongoing constructive feedback and assessment that is fair and equitable. 6. Implement strategies that will empower students to make positive contributions to the workplace. 7. Maintain confidentiality in relation to students. Image from the Code of ethics document obtained from http://earlychildhoodaustralia.org.a
18. 6. In relation to my employer I will: 1. Support workplace policies, standards and practices that are fair, non-discriminatory and are in the best interests of children and families. 2. Promote and support ongoing professional development within my work team. 3. Adhere to lawful policies and procedures and, when there is conflict, attempt to effect change through constructive action within the organisation or seek change through appropriate
19. 8. In relation to myself as a professional, I will: 1. Base my work on contemporary perspectives on research, theory, content knowledge, high-quality early childhood practices and my understandings of the children and families with whom I work. 2. Regard myself as a learner who undertakes reflection, critical self-study, continuing professional development and engages with contemporary theory and practice. 3. Seek and build collaborative professional relationships. 4. Acknowledge the power dimensions within professional Relationships. 5. Act in ways that advance the interests and standing of my profession. 6. Work within the limits of my professional role and avoid misrepresentation of my professional competence and qualifications. 7. Mentor other early childhood professionals and students. 8. Advocate in relation to issues that impact on my profession and on young children and their families. 9. Encourage qualities and practices of leadership within the early childhood profession.
20. 8. In relation to the conduct of research I will: 1. Recognise that research includes my routine documentation and investigations of children’s learning and development, as well as more formal research projects undertaken with and by external bodies. 2. Be responsive to children’s participation in research, negotiating their involvement taking account of matters such as safety, fatigue, privacy and their interest. 3. Support research to strengthen and expand the knowledge base of early childhood, and where possible, initiate, contribute to, facilitate and disseminate such research. 4. Make every effort to understand the purpose and value of proposed research projects and make informed decisions as to the participation of myself, colleagues, children, families and communities 5. Ensure research in which I am involved meets standard ethical procedures including informed consent, opportunity to withdraw and confidentiality. 6. Ensure that images of children and other data are only collected with informed consent and are stored and utilised according to legislative and policy requirements. 7. Represent the findings of all research accurately.
21. Be a professional! Join a professional association eg the Australian early childhood association Attend professional development including conferences to keep updated Develop informal networks of professionals in your area or region Always speak up proudly on behalf of your profession – it is one of the most important professions in the world & one with a huge responsibility for the well-being of young children! Link to professional journals on the internet eg ECA Webwatchhttp://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early_childhood_news/eca_webwatch_issue_100_october_2010.html Never stop seeking, & being open to learning new things!