Ethics & Professional Standards in Volunteer Administration Flashcards
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A volunteer administrator learns that a colleague has misrepresented their CVA credentials on a grant application. The most professionally appropriate response is to:
Answer: Confront the colleague privately and encourage them to correct the misrepresentation
Professional ethics require addressing credential misrepresentation directly and privately, encouraging the colleague to correct the record.
Informed consent in volunteer administration means volunteers should:
Answer: Receive complete and accurate information about their role, risks, and organizational expectations before committing
Informed consent requires providing complete, accurate information before volunteers commit so they can make a truly voluntary and knowledgeable decision.
When developing policies for volunteer administration, which ethical consideration should be given the highest priority?
Answer: Ensuring policies are equitable, transparent, and consistently applied to all volunteers
Ethical policy development requires that policies be fair, transparent, and consistently applied to all volunteers without favoritism.
A volunteer administrator who belongs to a professional association such as ALIVE National is MOST directly fulfilling which ethical obligation?
Answer: Commitment to professional development and the broader profession
Membership in professional associations reflects commitment to ongoing professional development and to advancing the broader field of volunteer administration.
The principle of 'do no harm' in volunteer administration most directly applies to:
Answer: Ensuring that neither volunteers nor clients experience harm through program practices
The 'do no harm' principle obligates volunteer administrators to design and manage programs in ways that protect both volunteers and the people they serve.
A volunteer asks to see their own personnel file. Under ethical standards for volunteer administration, the administrator should:
Answer: Permit access as volunteers generally have the right to review their own records
Ethical practice supports transparency by allowing volunteers to review their own records, consistent with respect for individual rights.
Which scenario represents a dual relationship that a volunteer administrator should manage carefully for ethical reasons?
Answer: Supervising a close personal friend who serves as a volunteer in their program
A dual relationship — such as being both a personal friend and a supervisor — creates a potential bias that must be carefully managed to maintain fairness.