Discusses the conflict between the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) requirement for a small group activity and the American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) Ethical Standard that prohibits dual relationships. (ABL)

Representatives of five library integrated system vendors express their views on ethics and the marketplace, emphasizing the need for ethical behavior by librarians, consultants, and vendors. Four sidebars are included: one on the need for customer data rights standards; others containing the codes of ethics of three professional consultants'…

In their efforts to deal with change and enhance library and information services, librarians must distinguish between personal philosophies and those of an institution or professional body, and avoid situations where personal interests might be served or financial benefits gained at the expense of users, colleagues, or employers. (Author/EM)

Increasingly, colleges and universities are developing policy to handle real or perceived conflicts of interest with their trustees, prompted by the public's demand for accountability and the potential for tax penalties. (MSE)

In an effort to document the historical evolution of journalists' political involvement and determine when it began to affect journalistic behavior, a case study examined the personal and professional lives of journalists in Minnesota practicing in the 1920s and 1930s. The study investigated whether these journalists (1) were elected to public…

Gurnsey's article characterizes the United Kingdom's code for consultants as a guide to good practice but lacking enforcement measures; the text of the code is appended. Drabenstott has edited a forum of consultants' views on ethics in the library automation process. (EM)

Addresses the issue of the inevitability of dual relationships in pastoral counseling. Describes the profession of pastoral counseling, the views of dual relationships among pastoral counselors, ethical implications, and conflicts of interest. Identifies courses of action for handling dual relationships, such as foregoing one of the relationships.…

Study provides a description of the kinds of situations school psychology practitioners find ethically challenging. Frequencies of various kinds of dilemmas are reported along with illustrative incidents. Most incidents described by respondents concerned difficult situations rather than violations of professional codes of ethics. Implications for…

Discusses a master's-level group leadership course in reference to 1989 Association for Specialists in Group Work Ethical Standards for Group Counselors and the 1988 American Association for Counseling and Development Ethical Standards. Claims group counseling professionals need to continually reexamine and discuss ethical standards and guidelines…

Examines inclusion of prohibition of nonromantic dual relationships between therapists and clients, supervisors, employees, and students in American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's Code of Ethical Principles. Proposes training and supervision emphasizes relationship complexity and issues of exploitation and power within the therapy…

A study was done of higher education faculty members' views of ethics in relation to academics and the use of a professor's own text or a fellow faculty member's text as a course requirement. A questionnaire was sent to 210 accounting professors selected at random of whom 53 percent responded. The response rate alone indicated a widespread…

Included in this annotated bibliography of 11 publications are reports asserting that ethical values are an integral part of school leadership and must not be neglected in the pursuit of academic excellence. Subsequent reports suggest that adequate moral socialization should be demonstrated by school administrators, focus on the ethical principles…

Incidents of scientists allowing personal or outside interests to cloud their professional judgment in conducting research are alarming and unacceptable. The Association of American Medical Colleges' Ad Hoc Committee on Misconduct and Conflict of Interest in Research offers a conceptual framework and defines institutional and individual…

School board members are often faced with situations in which their positions of power and influence present opportunities for inappropriate gain. Sometimes the goals of the district conflict with personal agendas. The feature article of this publication describes how to recognize the situations that have the potential to jeopardize board members'…

Most professional psychologists who practice with children will face the ethical dilemma of child abuse reporting at some point in their careers. This paper explores the ethical dilemma inherent between ethics that charge psychologists to always choose a course of action best serving the client and mandatory child abuse reporting laws. Some of the…