Like most policies, ethics codes are often written, posted and forgotten until needed in a moment of crisis. But ethics codes are too important and potentially influential to be allowed to gather dust.

As times change, so do ethics. Ethics codes need to be regularly refreshed to address contemporary issues facing association members—which today include complex subjects like harassment, bullying, racial injustice, cybersecurity, social media, and a host of other current conditions. In this environment, maintaining an ethical association requires timely, responsive, informed, collaborative and functional approaches.

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