Ethical concerns committee: no cause for concern.(Code of Ethics Revision Committee)

Publication: American Music Teacher

Publication Date: 01-OCT-05

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When the Code of Ethics Revision Committee considered the formation of an Ethical Concerns Committee (ECC), we grappled at length with the issues so clearly articulated by LeAnne Baehni-Schultz in the June/July AMT. It was well known to us that the MTNA Board of Directors had previously decided against any enforcement of ethical standards on the grounds that MTNA recommends, but does not require ethical behavior and since no process of enforcement existed at the time, complaints were basically at the local level, and the violation of ethical standards brought about its own consequences.

It was appropriate to revisit this decision as we updated the Code itself. Instructive to us were examples of ethical complaint procedures in the business world as well as in sister arts associations. We examined the requirements for due process, as outlined in the Association Law Handbook and saw them fleshed...

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