Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960206200037.7309A-100000@log1.in> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 20:28:40 -0500 From: Sasha Jackson <mailto:sasha.jackson@UTORONTO.CA> Subject: A QUESTION OF ETHICS To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Dear reader,As part of a course examining the ethics of development we have been asked to prepare a code of ethics for development practitioners. In order to make this code relevant to the types of morally problematic situations encountered in development work, we would like to survey indivduals with direct experience in development practice or research who have encountered moral dilemmas (eg. deception, manipulation, violation of trust, coercion, exploitation, inequitable treatment etc.). We are grateful for any response and would appreciate it if those of you who do respond would be as detailed as confidentiality allows regarding the case in point. It is anticipated that these situations might provide the basis for applied ethics cases in the future. Please be assured tht confidentiality will be respected in all cases. We are not interested in the personalities or agencies involved in the case, only the moral problem and how it was, or was not, resolved. If you can be of assistance in any way, please reply directly to us, providing a background or context for the problem (where, why, when, what) and to the extent possible, describe the personalities involved, the nature of the moral dilemma and the sequence of choices or decisions applied (if any) in an attempt to resolve the problem. If you are willing, please add your personal reflections on this process. Also, if you are familiar with any existing codes or standards of practice that have a focus on development work or have been established by development organizations we would like to hear about them. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Please pardon any cross-listing of this post and if members would like, a summation of responses and the final product can be posted to this list.
Sincerely, Sasha, Grace, Cecilia and Michelle University of Toronto, Scarborough College International Development Studies Programme e-mail: mailto:sasha.jackson@utoronto.ca