CHE Ethics & Professional Standards in Hospitality Education 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which organization administers the Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) credential?
- American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) (Correct answer)
- International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE)
- National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)
- Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)
Correct answer: American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI)
The CHE credential is awarded by AHLEI, the educational arm of the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Question 2: How frequently must Certified Hospitality Educators renew their designation to maintain active status?
- Every 2 years
- Every 3 years
- Every 5 years (Correct answer)
- Every 10 years
Correct answer: Every 5 years
CHE holders must renew their certification every five years by completing required professional development activities.
Question 3: A CHE-credentialed instructor learns that a colleague is falsifying student completion records. What is the most ethically appropriate action?
- Ignore it to avoid workplace conflict
- Report the concern through the institution's official reporting channels (Correct answer)
- Confront the colleague publicly in a faculty meeting
- Inform students about the colleague's conduct
Correct answer: Report the concern through the institution's official reporting channels
Professional standards require educators to address academic misconduct through proper institutional channels to protect integrity without causing harm.
Question 4: Which principle of academic integrity is most directly violated when a hospitality educator presents a student's original research idea as their own?
- Honesty (Correct answer)
- Respect
- Fairness
- Responsibility
Correct answer: Honesty
Presenting another person's intellectual work as one's own violates honesty, a foundational principle of academic integrity.
Question 5: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) primarily requires hospitality educators to:
- Share student grades with industry employers upon request
- Protect the privacy of student educational records (Correct answer)
- Post all assessment results publicly for transparency
- Obtain parental consent before assigning field work
Correct answer: Protect the privacy of student educational records
FERPA mandates that educators safeguard student educational records and not disclose them without appropriate authorization.
Question 6: A hospitality educator assigns a textbook from a publisher who provides them with annual consulting fees. This situation is best described as a:
- Reasonable industry partnership
- Conflict of interest (Correct answer)
- Best practice in curriculum alignment
- Standard professional development arrangement
Correct answer: Conflict of interest
A financial relationship with a publisher whose product the educator selects for students creates a conflict of interest that must be disclosed.
Question 7: Which behavior best reflects the professional standard of competency for CHE credential holders?
- Teaching only content covered during their own hospitality career
- Continuously updating subject knowledge to reflect current industry practices (Correct answer)
- Relying exclusively on the same curriculum materials used when first hired
- Delegating industry updates to guest speakers rather than staying current
Correct answer: Continuously updating subject knowledge to reflect current industry practices
Professional competency requires CHE educators to keep their knowledge current so instruction accurately reflects the evolving hospitality industry.
CHE Ethics & Professional Standards in Hospitality Education 1
Which organization administers the Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) credential?