ETHICS

Australian Code of Ethics and Conducts of SANTA and DECEIT

Australian Code of Ethics and Conducts pertaining to Children's issues

Following are the explained existing code of conducts pertaining to children related departments and support functions.

Integrity

Work should be based on present evaluations on research, knowledge, theory and quality practices to maintain integrity, avoid conflicts and provision of adequate trainings while working with children and their families.

Recognize the adequate authoritative aspects of work and use it honestly.

Work should be done in a way that surges ones interests and standing for profession.

Help subordinates at work facing difficulties in understanding the nature of work.

One should only act within the limits of job responsibility assigned to him and do not take advantage of the professional role and competencies.

Training

Consider oneself as a learner and undergo required trainings, critical self-study, continue to work for the professional development and engage oneself with present work philosophy and practices.

Promote qualities of leadership and management at work.

Encourage on going growth and development within one's team.

Conflicts

Cooperative and collaborative relationship should be built at work amongst all employees.

All lawful polices and procedures should be implemented immediately and in the event of conflict, one should attempt to bring about the change in the organization by using productive plans.

Encourage subordinates and employees to work as per the ethical code of conduct and take necessary actions if unethical behaviors or actions are witnessed.

All possible efforts should be done in the event of difference of opinions in the spirit of shared responsibility.

Share information, practices, and resources in order to avoid conflicts with colleagues

Form a culture of evaluating continuous practices, trends and growth to identify the roots of conflicts and loopholes within the framework.

(Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics, 2006)

Employer

Support should be provided with regard to fair and just workplace rules and policies, standards and practices.

Communicate discriminatory policies and practices as early as possible to the designated authority.

Senior staffs should resolve all matters of significant conflicts.

All kinds of significant nature of law breach and unlawful acts should be brought into the eyes of senior staff.

All new practices, rules and procedures should be communicated to senior staff before implementation.

Ethical and Values Framework

Strategies to promote Ethical conduct, Integrity, and avoiding Conflicts of Interest

Ethical code of conducts is mainly implemented to manage and shape the organizational culture and associated tasks as per the requirements of law and morality. In order to maintain the decorum of the Institute, main leads of the organization should promote and encourage the ethical codes throughout the organization by providing the copy of code of conducts to new employees along with offer letter as it would make an impression of significant emphasis on standards and morals followed by the Institute. Distribute newsletters or conduct meetings to discuss the code of ethics and demonstrate by giving examples of unethical behaviors occurred recently. Code of conducts should be translated in various languages, as many communities are involved in DECEIT. Displaying the ethical values in form if posters and wall papers hanging at Office (Model Code of conduct, ...