Ethical issues

Sound ethics and good professional conduct form part of basic education and everyday practice in Reconnect and NAYSS and in Participatory Action Research.

Ethical practice:

• assists workers to identify the values and principles which underpin their work
• provides a guide and standard for ethical conduct and accountable service
• provides a foundation for ethical reflection and decision making.

Ethical practice requires you to examine your personal feelings, morality and social norms and standards to ensure that they are reasonable and well founded.  The Good Practice Principles should be considered as some of the primary principles that underpin ethical Participatory Action Research.

Some of the other specific principles and values relevant to Participatory Action Research include:

• the right to privacy and the right to informed decision making and consent
• the importance of providing clients with competent services based on research
• an awareness of potential conflicts of interest.

Engaging in Participatory Action Research is an opportunity to enhance ethical practice through actively seeking feedback from supervisors, colleagues and clients on your work.