CREDENTIALED PREVENTION PROFESSIONAL (CPP)/CREDENTIALED PREVENTION SPECIALIST (CPS)
CANON OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
The CPP and CPS must:
a)
Recognize that the profession is founded on national standards of competence which promote the best interest
of society, the service recipient, the professional and the profession as a whole.
b)
Do no harm to service recipients. Practices shall be respectful and non-exploitative. Services shall protect the
recipients from harm and the professional and the profession from censure.
c)
Maintain an objective, non-possessive relationship with those they serve and shall not exploit them sexually,
financially or emotionally.
d)
Not promote personal gain or profit.
e)
Not discriminate against service recipients or colleagues based on race, religion, national origin, sex, age, sex-
ual orientation, economic condition or physical or mental disability. The CPP and CPS shall broaden his/her
understanding and acceptance of cultural and individual differences and, in so doing, render services and pro-
vide information sensitive to those differences.
f)
Observe the profession’s technical and ethical standards, strive continually to improve personal competence
and quality of service delivery and discharge professional responsibility to the best of his/her ability.
g)
Be diligent in discharging responsibilities by rendering services carefully and promptly by being thorough and by
observing applicable technical and ethical standards.
h) Adequately plan and supervise any professional activity for which he/she is responsible.
i)
Recognize limitations and boundaries of competencies and not use techniques or offer services outside of
his/her own competencies. The CPP and CPS is responsible for assessing the adequacy of his/her own com-
petence for the responsibility to be assumed.
j)
Report to the appropriate authorities any unethical conduct or practice on the part of any agency or individual
providing prevention services when aware of such conduct or practice. The CPP and CPS must not participate
in the filing of ethics complaints that are frivolous or have a purpose other than to protect the public.
k) Perform all professional responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity in order to maintain and broaden
public confidence. Integrity can accommodate the inadvertent error and the honest difference of opinion. It
cannot accommodate the deceit or subordination of principle.
l)
Not subordinate services and the public trust for personal gain and advantage. Services, including referrals,
shall be based in the best interest of the recipient(s). All information shall be presented fairly and accurately.
The CPP and CPS shall document and assign credit to all contributing sources used in published material or
public statements.
m)
Not misrepresent, either directly or by implication, professional qualifications or affiliations.
n)
Not be associated, directly or indirectly, with any services or products in any way that are misleading or incor-
rect.
o)
Report any evidence of child abuse to the appropriate agency and follow up to ensure that appropriate action
has been taken.
p)
Be supportive of assistance and treatment where there is evidence of impairment in a colleague or service
recipient.
q)
Recognize the effect of impairment on professional performance and be willing to seek appropriate treatment for
him/her.
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PDS-37(7/13)