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Ethical standards related to the use of ICT in information, advice and guidance
The occurrence and severity of ethical problems can be reduced, though not entirely eliminated, by establishing ethical standards that are appropriate and achievable.
It will not be possible to eliminate ethical problems in the distance provision of information, advice, and guidance. The occurrence and severity of ethical problems can, however, can be reduced by establishing and following ethical standards that are appropriate and achievable. Table 1 provides a partial listing of ethical standards that can be used to guide the design and use of ICT-based resources and services.
Listing 1: A partial listing of links on ethical standards related to the design and use of ict in the provision of information, advice, and guidance at a distance
- Ethical Standards for Internet On-Line Counseling
- American Counseling Association
- Guidelines for Psychologists Practicing Online Counseling
- Federation of Swiss Psychologists FSP
- (Also available in Dutch and French)
- Guidelines on the Development and Use of Computer-Based Assessments
- British Psychological Society
- Guidelines for the Use of the Internet for Provision of Career Information and Planning Services
- National Career Development Association
- Handbook of Standards for the Operation of Computer-Based Career Information Services
- Association of Computer-Based Systems for Career Information
- Honor Code of Conduct (Honcode) for Medical and Health Web Sites
- Health on the Net Foundation
- The Practice of Internet Counseling
- National Board for Certified Counselors
- Services by Telephone, Teleconferencing, and Internet
- American Psychological Association
- Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
- American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education
- Suggested Principles for Online Provision of Mental Health Services
- International Society for Mental Health Online and Psychiatric Society for Informatics
- Technical Competencies for Counselor Education Students: Recommended Guidelines for Program Development
- Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Technology Interest Network
- (See http://www.career.fsu.edu/techcenter/computer_applications/Web_standards.html for a regularly updated list of standards related to information, advice, and guidance)
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