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ERIC ED291114: Ethical Considerations for the Internship Director.
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Although a growing number of speech communication
departments are developing internship programs, the
ethical issues involved are rarely addressed, even though
communication interns and intern directors are
potentially involved in ethical issues merely by their
involvement in the discipline of communication. There are
three areas to consider from an ethical perspective:
program issues, professional issues, and intern and
director relationship issues. The discussion of
internship ethics evolves primarily from a descriptive
ethics perspective, with descriptive ethics considered as
"telling people where they are" and making it necessary
to "analyze the important and difficult decisions made by
the more respected members of that profession." Ethical
implications in program areas may be found in students'
course preparation, student selection, student placement,
recruiting, and evaluation. In the area of professional
issues, ethical questions include those of allegiance and
legality. Concerning intern relationship issues, the
director's role is to accommodate the intern's learning
experience, yet this may be affected by conflicting
personalities, or by the director's imposition of
personal values and ethical perspectives. Because of
these concerns, intern directors must become
knowledgeable about major ethical perspectives, and
assess and define their own ethical perspectives, thereby
becoming aware of the influence of those perspectives on
the decision-making process. In addition, directors
should be responsible to assist interns in establishing
ethical guidelines to help in their decision-making. (Ten
scenarios presenting samples of interns' ethical concerns
are included, and 21 references are appended.) (MM)
Date Published: 2014-12-22 19:18:38
Identifier: ERIC_ED291114
Item Size: 17742162
Language: english
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