With all the ethical questions surrounding the SNC-Lavalin affair here in Canada, news stories are full of references to the roles of ethical committees/commissions/boards.
I started thinking about how much an ethical committee really can do. Can they differentiante and weed out the BAD from the GOOD? Within the events/meeting industry, we follow a code of ethics. Or do we?
Do we really? Even in this era of instant news and social media commentary, the worst scandals seem to be swept under the rug.
We can’t ensure ethical behavior. It is near impossible to enforce it. We can only encourage it and educate others to be better professionals. I urge all my peers in the event and meeting planning field to encourage your industry association to find better ways to promote ethical behavior.
It comes down to self regulated personal principles.
Here are links to a few codes of ethical conduct that we should all re-read...
https://www.pcma.org/about/principles-of-professional-and-ethical-conduct/
https://www.mpiweb.org/docs/default-source/about-mpi-reports-more/mpi-principles-of-professionalism.pdf?sfvrsn=f93520ee_2
https://www.ileahub.com/Meet-ILEA/Professional-Conduct-Ethics
Just doing my part to educate on this Labour Day weekend!
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Blog post by:
Dana Zita