Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Establishing a Code of Ethics in the Adult Learning Environment. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 12 page overview of the ethical dilemmas and issues which can arise involving adult educators and their students. The author contends that establishing a code of ethics for the profession is the best means of addressing or circumventing these issues and dilemmas. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Page Count:
12 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPedAdlt.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
The topic of ethics infiltrates every professional field of occupation. Such is the case with adult education. Ethics of practice in this field is, in
fact, a popular topic of discussion within the field (Sork, 2001). Numerous adult education professionals have argued for the development and implementation of a code of ethics within the
field (Sork, 2001). They contend that this establishment is one of the most effective ways of solving ethical issues and dilemmas or even circumventing them before they occur.
This code of ethics is viewed as a needed amenity in protecting the public from the harm which can be inflicted by unscrupulous or incompetent practitioners (Sork, 2001). Such
a code of ethics is also viewed as being beneficial in that it would provide a moral framework and heighten the likelihood of self-regulation within the field (Sork, 2001).
While at one time only a narrowly defined group of professions even considered the establishment of professional codes of ethics, those definitions
are changing. Adult educators, after all, are professionals. While some vocations have rigidly defined professional ethics which allow them to discern professional behavior from non-professional behavior, others simply
operate on a loosely defined set of rules. Dougherty (1996) distinguishes professions from mere occupations as follows:
"The term [profession] traditionally was assigned to those callings in which one professes to have acquired some special, useful knowledge and secondarily to those arts or services
dependent upon such knowledge. In antiquity, this ruled out purely commercial, mechanical, agricultural, or other similar occupations. Three time-honored professions--theology, law, and medicine--were accorded the designation learned".
...