Ethics and Professional Development
Ethics in Human Performance Technology
In 2002 ISPI convened a group of workplace managers, business consultants, and academics met to define what skills and abilities a performance technology practitioner needed. That group established a set of ten standards of performance:
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Focus on Results,
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Take a Systems View,
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Add Value,
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Utilize Partnerships,
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Systematically Assess the Opportunity or Need,
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Identify the Factors That Limit Performance,
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Design the Solution or the Specification for the Solution,
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Create (Develop) the Solution,
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Implement the Solution, and
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Evaluate the Process and Its Results
In addition to the ten standards, ISPI created a code of ethics as a guide for its members. This set of standards and code of ethics are a basis for ISPI’s Certified Performance Technologist credential (CPT).
Certified Performance Technologist (CPT)
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3 years’ experience
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Demonstrated proficiency in HPT standards
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Commitment to Code of Ethics
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Recertification every 3 years
Professional Development Opportunities:
The references listed below provide outstanding professional development resources and should be visited frequently in order to stay updated with current issues and trends in the field:
Organizations:
ISPI: https://www.ispi.org/
ASTD: https://www.td.org/
Publications:
Performance Improvement Journal
Performance Improvement Quarterly
Websites:
Ethics in Instructional Technology
Nichols (2002), in one of TechTrends’ “Ethics Today” series, highlights the importance of ethical obligations for professionals in the field:
...having an ethical obligation does not mean I favor a single or strictly codified system by which we can seek out, try, convict, and punish technologists who are guilty of ethics violations. But I can suggest ways to proceed with carrying out our obligation to be ethical. ..simply attempting to find ways to understand and meet ethical obligations is good...In our attempts, at least we are thoughtfully engaged with ethics (p. 53).
Lin (2007) also summarizes emerging ethical issues in the applications of instructional technology as follows:
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Copyright
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Confidentiality
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Web accessibility
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Diversity and inequality
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Conflicts of interest
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Professionalism
Professional Development Opportunities:
The references listed below provide outstanding professional development resources and should be visited frequently in order to stay updated with current issues and trends in the field:
AECT: http://aect.site-ym.com/
EdTech: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/
ASTD: https://www.td.org/
