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Code of Ethics for a Community of Practice (CoP)

by Joyce Arnold

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Why a code of ethics?

Safety

Respect

Trust

Professional behaviour

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Can a CoP have a moral responsibility?

The CoP has collective responsibility?

Each individual is responsible for their own ethical behaviour?

Does each individual have to take collective repsonibility for the CoP?

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What kind of Code of Ethics ?

Philosophical ethics

Social theories

Psychological theories

Mono-theory/pluralism/relativism/deontological

pragmatic/post-modern

Feminisms

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Feminist Ethics in a​ CoP ?

Diversity
Care
Networking

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Problems for discussion.

Please comment and debate these issues and any others you wish to add.

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1.Can we make it simple? Would the universalist, monotheory-

Do unto others as you would have done unto you,

suffice?

What potential problems are there with this adage?


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2.How do ethics relate to the designed, fast paced innovative profit-driven CoP?

Case-study

Software designers CoPs create programs and to launch them so that they can grab marketshare, get some profit before free shareware pirates the program and move onto the next idea.

What about the consumer that has to find all the bugs and report them and do the research for the company at their expense?

Would this be acceptable for a pharmaceutical company?

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3 Someone talks about their unethical/illegal behavior outside the Cop within in the privacy of the CoP .

Case studies- all true ones I might add.

They are having an affair with the boss. What do we think, do?

They bought a large number of shares in a rival company. What would you do?

They tell you that their brother, well known community member and driver of the school bus is a pedophile. What would you do?

Is there a slippery slope?




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4.What do men do in a CoP with feminist ethics?

What do we do if someone in the CoP doesn't want to embrace such ethics?

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5. Someone leaves our CoP , takes all the shared soft knowledge and plans for future research

and development and gos to a rival company.

What ethical principles apply?

For a full discussion on the ethical issues relating to 'who owns knowledge' see our next module.

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