From the Director of Ethics
ASHA's director of ethics oversees ASHA's ethics program and is the National Office point person for ethics-related inquiries from members, certificate holders, Clinical Fellows, Clinical Fellowship mentors, employers, students, faculty, state licensure boards, National Office staff, ASHA leadership, and others. The director of ethics also serves as the ex officio member of the Board of Ethics, participating in ethics complaint adjudication discussions which often reveal issues and situations that pose ethical dilemmas for members and certificate holders.
Below are some of the trends, issues, dilemmas, and situations related to professional ethics in audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech, language, and hearing sciences.
