Ethics

Personal Conduct

• Always act to the best of your ability to promote the well-being and interest of individual´s receiving your services.
• Maintain a fitness to practice.
• Do not abuse the privileged relationship you have with individual´s receiving your services.
• Refuse to accept any gift, favour or hospitality, which might be construed as seeking to obtain preferential treatment.
• Acknowledge your limitations of competence.
• In areas of conflict keep all parties objectively informed.
• Do not use VRA membership to promote commercial products, thereby compromising professional judgement.

Interests Of Individual´s Receiving Services

• Provide information for individual´s receiving your service.
• Acknowledge an individual´s right to choose to receive services.
• Provide access to written or computerised records, under the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988.
• Respect confidential information obtained in the course of your practice.
• Do not disclose confidential information without consent of individual, unless there are particular issues of safety to the individual or others.

Work Procedures

• Act in a way that will minimise individuals´ distress.
• Work collaboratively and co-operate with others in respect of the individual´s interests.
• Ensure that you periodically appraise in a constructive manner.
• Provide a framework for grievance and disciplinary action.

Professional Development

• Maintain and improve your professional knowledge and competence.
• Provide support to your peers.
• Keep a personal portfolio.
• Encourage research, publication and wider dissemination of information.

Indicating Membership Of The VRA On Individual And Corporate Members Business Material, Paperwork And Business Cards
Fully paid up individual and corporate members are entitled to indicate their membership of the VRA on business material, paperwork and business cards, providing:

• There is no implied product or service endorsement, (and the VRA Board can choose to require individuals or companies to remove the offending wording or logos if there is a dispute).
• The wording used to indicate membership on business cards and or company letterhead must be: "(a) Member(s) of the VRA" - therefore ensuring the wording avoids any suggestion that the VRA is endorsing a product or company.