
Unit 4: Ethics
10 You should keep accurate records on service users.
- You should make sure that any information you put in someone’s record is accurate and clear.
- You should protect information in records from being lost, damaged, accessed by someone without permission or tampered with.
11 You should deal fairly and safely with the risks of infection.
- You should make sure that you take all appropriate steps to deal with the risks of infection.
- You should follow your education provider’s or placement provider’s policy on managing the risks of infection.
12 You should behave honestly.
- You should not pass off other people’s work as your own.
- You should make sure that you reference other people’s work appropriately.
- You should make sure that you truthfully and accurately fill in any documents.
- You should not let any improper financial reward influence the advice and services you provide, or the products you recommend.
- You should follow your education provider’s policies on ethics when carrying out research.
13 You should make sure that your behaviour does not damage public confidence in your profession.
- You should be aware that your behaviour may affect the trust that the public has in your profession.
- You should not do anything which might affect the trust that the public has in your profession.
SMILE - Ethics by The BPS code of human research ethics, The HPC guidance on conduct and ethics for students, modified by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.bps.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/code_of_human_research_ethics.pdf, http://www.hpc-uk.org/assets/documents/10002D1BGuidanceonconductandethicsforstudents.pdf, http://www.gcal.ac.uk/hr/policies/general/code_of_good_practice_in_research.doc, http://www.gcu.ac.uk/registry/secretariat/documents/EthicsBookletMarch2011asonwebsite.doc. .