International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance Information

The International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance is committed to the global provision of educational and vocational guidance processes, that are of high quality, provided by competent and recognized professionals, and designed to facilitate the personal choices and decisions of persons of all ages as they anticipate, prepare for, enter into, face and cope with the dynamics of the labour market and the workplace. The IAEVG mission statement, a separate document to which the ethical standards cited here relate, details the multiple ways by which the Association discharges its responsibilities on behalf of the qua-lity of the practitioners of educational and vocational guidance in their training and qualifications; in the development and provision of methods and materials pertinent to the provision of educational and voca-tional counseling for persons of different ages and settings; in the conduct of research and development; and in the advocacy of client needs for educational and vocational guidance with governments and institutions. The commitments of IAEVG members to its mission, as a professional organization concerned with the provi-sion of quality services, research, and advocacy on behalf of personal educational and vocational choices, requires adherence to a public code of ethics that guides the actions of practitioners, provides evaluative cri-teria for self-assessments and peer evaluation regarding the quality of the practitioner role, and informs the public of expected standards of professional practices and behaviour. These ethical standards are consistent in essence with the ethical statements of colleagues in related professional areas who also are concerned with providing assistance to persons preparing for or engaged in work, training and education. Thus, the ethical standards of IAEVG, like those of members in other educational, scientific, and professional organiza-tions, are dedicated to the enhancement of the worth, dignity, potential and uniqueness of those persons whom IAEVG members serve. Ethical standards, such as those which follow, identity minimum essentials by which to gauge ethical beha-viour. They cannot address every possible ethical conflict that IAEVG members experience in their nation or culture. Thus, the Ethical Standards provide below are intended to stimulate the self development of IAEVG members in their ethical behaviour and the creation of local and regional statements of ethical standards for which these standards may provide direction and advice.