Currently, an ethics commission exists in every educational, departmental, and medical institution. The issues addressed at the meetings relate to relations between employees, patients, students, parents. We will discuss the main issues that the ethics committee is considering. We touch on the history of its appearance, as well as the main activities.
History of creation
There is no exact information about the period when the commission on ethics and standards appeared. In modern history, 1947 is distinguished. It was at this time that the “Nuremberg Code” was adopted, which was developed as part of the international Military Tribunal. It contains the basic ethical principles that the ethics commission uses in its work today. Today they operate in all military, medical, educational institutions.
Functions and structure of the ethics committee
The Ethics Commission is an independent body, which consists of persons with special education, which makes it possible to analyze the violation of the rights and working conditions of employees. For example, in a medical institution, such a commission includes not only persons with a medical education, but also representatives of other professions (lawyers, economists).
If any conflict situation arises, a third party resolves all conflicts and contradictions.
Ethical committees are divided into two types: “European”, “American”. In the European version, advisory and advisory work is distinguished among the powers of the commissions.
In medical and educational institutions, a commission on professional ethics is convened in cases where moral problems arise. The prerogative of such committees is to discuss difficult problems that appear in practice, as well as formulate recommendations on options for solving them.
The essence of the functioning of such committees is that the conflict situation does not reach the court, it was possible to resolve the problem in pre-trial order.
Such a commission is formed of independent people with certain competencies in ethics issues who are able to assess the situation and give recommendations to both parties to the conflict.
Conflict commissions at school
Increasingly, parents of schoolchildren turn to school principals with written statements in which they accuse teachers of violating professional ethics and exceeding their authority. What are the actions of the head of an educational institution in a similar situation? How can a teacher protect their reputation? Let’s try to understand these complex and relevant issues for domestic education.
First, the director invites the teacher, takes written explanations from him about the situation described in the statement.
By order of the OS, a commission is formed that studies this conflict, tries to find an option for reconciliation of the parties. A teacher who is confident of his innocence has the right to submit an application to the ethics committee.
The purpose of this appeal will be to protect their pedagogical competence, attacks on the "good name" of the parents. A teacher can submit a formalized protocol to the ethics commission in court, having filed a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity, and to compensate moral damage.
Deputy Ethics
What does the commission on deputy ethics do? What is the regulation of its activities?
According to the legislation in force in the Russian Federation, even persons who have committed crimes if they fully atoned for their guilt can be deputies. If such a person is nominated as a deputy, from the field of law the issue passes into the sphere of ethics. Currently, not only talented and worthy people have rushed into politics, but also those who primarily think about realizing their own ambitions and material enrichment.
The most important requirement of parliamentary ethics is the transplantation of personal vanity, respect for voters, social movements and organizations. It is difficult to understand those who, after receiving a deputy mandate, refuse orders and their own election promises.
Important aspects
The regulation of the ethics and standards commission includes consideration of the behavior of such unscrupulous deputies, consideration of the issue of deprivation of their authority.
Ethics involves the rejection of propaganda hype, creating the appearance of observing the interests of voters, collectives, public organizations.
The Ethics Commission ensures that deputies respect the representatives of other parties, officials who do not share their point of view, political views.
The deputy is obliged to keep his word, promises, periodically give voters a report on his own activities, respect the Russian legislation.
First of all, it is necessary to mention the correctness, decency, decency, delicacy. Ethical rules are formulated in the code; their implementation is monitored by the etiquette commission.
Lawyer Ethics
This term was introduced by Aristotle. He meant ethics as a practical philosophy that helps answer the question of what a person is doing.
The subject of advocacy ethics is the behavior of representatives of this profession in the circumstances where he represents his profession. This is the specific behavior of a member of the bar community as prescribed by corporate rules for cases not mentioned in the law.
Sources of Ethics
The Commission on the Ethics of Lawyers is created to resolve disputes arising between representatives of this profession and their principals. The main sources of professional advocacy ethics are:
- Code
- precedents of the qualification commission;
- customs.
The principles of the commission
They include the presumption of possession of lawyers ethical standards, the prevention of conflict situations, image.
When working with a client, a lawyer must comply with certain ethical rules. The basis of the relationship is trust. The task of the lawyer is to choose an algorithm of actions aimed at full justification (mitigation of the court sentence) for the client.
The lawyer informs the client about the likely outcome of the case, gives advice on resolving the essence of the conflict within the framework of the current Russian legislation.
In cases where the defendants admit their own guilt, but there is no evidence in the case, as agreed with the client, the lawyer analyzes the reasons for the behavior, tries to convince the defendant to change the evidence.
He should pay increased attention to the client in custody, because the arrested is isolated from the usual social environment. Deprivation of liberty causes him not only physical, but also moral suffering.
If the client’s requirements conflict with Russian law, the lawyer may refuse to represent his interests in court.
A lawyer should not enter into close relations with a client. All issues regarding the amount of the fee for the implementation of the defense shall be decided by mutual agreement with the client. Its value is affected by the complexity of the case under consideration, timelines, financial situation of the client, legal reputation.
In case of conflict, the Bar Ethics Commission pays special attention to the behavior of the lawyer during the trial.
One of the ethical rules is the conscientious attitude of a lawyer to the court. He cannot influence the decision made by the judge, provide false evidence of the innocence of the client, bribe witnesses. In case of violation of the rules of the lawyer's code, the ethics committee decides to exclude from the bar association, the decision of the rights to exercise protection.
Conclusion
Currently, special attention is paid to ethical relations in various fields of social and economic activity: medicine, pedagogy, and legal practice. In order to avoid serious conflict situations between participants in relations, special ethics commissions are created in each organization.
Their main responsibilities include the pre-trial settlement of various disputes between employees, other persons related to the company. The commission maintains documentation: minutes of meetings, decisions taken, statements of the injured party.
Depending on the specifics of a particular organization, the ethics commission may include not only employees of a given company, but also independent experts who help resolve disputed issues.