[ETHICS] Applying Business Ethics to the Business of Interpreting

Professional Studies - 1.2 CEUs 

Interpreting, as a business, has much to gain by studying the ethical business practices of corporations and other professional organizations. This presentation contains a foundational component related to terminology and an in-depth study into such practices and provides a decision-making tool used in business and a comprehensive “ethical test” to assist interpreters in making ethical decisions. This test (a 10 yes/no question test) is a standard test for businesses; however, it can work synergistically under the existing tenets of interpreters' Codes of Ethics including stakeholder identification and impact.

At the conclusion of this WWWorkshop, participants will have a greater understanding of ethics and a more concrete tool with which to judge ethical dilemmas to subsequently make decisions that are ethical, in line with common business ethics, and support the interpreter's own ethical code of conduct.

Presentation Content:

1. What ethics is and isn't
2. Definitions
      Ethics
      Legal
      Moral
      Values
3. Decision-Making processes   
4. Vroom Decision Tree
5. 10 Questions to better ethical decision making
6. Application work utilizing the tools & test (case studies)    
7. Case Study 1 - basic
      Case Study 2 - intermediate
      Case Study 3 - advanced (complex)
8. Application-of-Tools Practice -
      60 Ethical Dilemmas

This workshop is presented in ASL.

Content Knowledge Level = Some

To obtain CEU credit, the mandatory activities will ask for you to assess several ethical dilemmas using tools provided within the workshop. Please be aware that the activities are writing-intensive.

PLEASE NOTE - This is a streaming workshop and will become available immediately upon purchase.