COMMITTEE ON ETHICS
Objectives:
The Committee on Ethics is a standing committee of the Association,
which is responsible for the design and implementation of the Association's
ethics education and advisory program. The objectives of the ethics
education program are:
1. to increase the number of candidates for all degrees in anthropology receiving training in ethics before graduating;
2. to provide ongoing education in ethical issues for all AAA members, and
3. to provide advice to AAA members facing/raising ethical dilemmas.
Duration of Committee:
Permanent; The AAA Association Operations Committee will review
each committee advisory to the Board at least once in five years.
Committee Reports to:
The Executive Board
Responsibilities:
1. Work with the long-range Planning Committee and others, formulates
visions and goals for the AAA ethics education and advisory program,
consistent with the Association's long-range goals
2. Continually assess members' ethics education needs and interests
3. Provide advice to AAA members who are facing/raising ethical dilemmas
4. Assess progress toward attaining ethics education program vision
and goals
5. Develop policy recommendations for the ethics education program
6. With the Ethics Contributing Editor of the Anthropology Newsletter,
develop ideas for the Ethics column and materials for the AAA Ethics
Page on the website
7. Sponsor an ethics-related session at the AAA annual meeting
Membership and Appointment:
10 member committee including the Chair
3 year terms
Committee members are elected at-large with designated seats for:
Applied anthropology
Linguistic anthropology
Archaeology
Biological anthropology
As well as 3 undesignated seats
The AN Column Editor, President and President-elect serve ex-officio
The Committee members select a chair from among its members.
Product:
The COE submits recommendations to the AAA Executive Board in the form
of motions passed at its meetings. The Chair of the COE submits an annual
program report to the Executive Board.
Meetings and Schedule:
The COE meets annually at the AAA annual meeting (November/December)
Staff Liaison and contact information: Stacy Lathrop, Managing Editor, Anthropology News, American Anthropological Association, 2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201, 703/528-1902, fax 703/528-3546.
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Chair Archaeology Seat Alex W. Barker (E 05-08) Museum of Art & Archaeology, Director 1 Pickard Hall University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 (o)573/882-5075 (f) 573/884-4039 barkeraw@missouri.edu Undesignated
Seat # 1 Undesignated
Seat #2 Undesignated
Seat #3 Biological
Seat and Chair-Elect |
Cultural
Seat Linguistic
Seat Practicing/Applied
Seat Research Ethics Program, 0612 University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0612 (o) 858/822-2649 (f) 858/822-5765 dplemmon@ucsd.edu |
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