AHRD Ethics

After review of the “Standards on Ethics and Integrity” published by the Academy of Human Resource Development (2000), my main concern is based on the description of expectations of competence for a role or task. At first, I did not know if I was qualified for the job. Because my superiors believed in my ability, I worked hard to quickly increase my knowledge base of learning theory and instructional design. I knew that I wanted to avoid being “put on the spot” with a question that I could not confidently answer.

In regards to the standards put forth by the Academy of HRD, I realize that I may not have sufficiently evaluated my learners, at least in relation to any particular session. However, evaluation occurred throughout the course with grading of assignments, and I would consider the summative evaluation of final projects to be fairly reliable and valid. A pre-test would have been a good idea, although I questioned students about their experience with this topic during the first class meeting. Another point worth mentioning is my failure to discuss the limitations of confidentiality, or the future use of information shared in class sessions, until Jessica brought it up one day in mid-class. As this was my first experience working with a major corporation like Merck, I did not realize that so much information would be considered “sensitive” and protected.