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Chapter 4 The ITAA Ethics Committee
4.1 Membership of the Ethics Committee.
The Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the VP
Operations appoints the committee chairs. The members of the Ethics Committee
will be nominated by the chairpersons of the committee and appointed by the
Board of Trustees. The committee shall consist of at least six (6) members. The
terms of office for committee members will be for three (3) years. Because of
the specialized nature of the work of this committee, members may be re
appointed for successive terms. Decision making processes will follow the ITAA
guidelines for the conduct of association committee meetings. The membership of
the Ethics Committee shall include no more than three trustees, who may not
serve on an ethics appeal board.
4.2 Role of the Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee shall follow the procedures laid down
in this manual for handling ethical complaints against ITAA members.
The committee shall establish, oversee, review and approve
investigations of alleged violations of the ITAA Code of Ethics, and to resolve
such allegations by mutual agreement with the member, through an ITAA Ethics
Committee investigator. In addition, the Ethics Committee establishes,
oversees, reviews and approves the work of the hearing board which will make a
recommendation of disciplinary action to be taken against the member by the
ITAA Board of Trustees.
The ITAA Ethics Committee shall serve as a consultant body
to other TA organizations to develop and/or revise Codes of Ethics. It shall
also serve as a consultant upon the request of another TA organization to
resolve disputed ethics decisions within that organization. The ITAA Ethics
Committee shall not serve as an appeals body for other TA organization members.
The committee will review the ITAA Code of Ethics from time
to time and interpret it to the membership and to the public.
4.3 Advisory Opinions
The Ethics Committee, at its discretion, may choose to give
an advisory opinion about an ethical issue raised by a member of the
Association, but it is not required to do so. Any such opinion will be confined
to matters concerning the ethics process and whether an enquiry about alleged
ethical violations would be appropriate matters for the ITAA Ethics Committee
to consider. An advisory opinion will be given only when actual and not
hypothetical question(s) have been asked. Such opinions will be rendered only
in writing and only in response to a written request.
4.4 Jurisdiction
The Code of Ethics is binding on members of ITAA in all
membership categories.
4.5 Jurisdiction over Resigned Members
The Association also has jurisdiction over resigned members
in relation to complaints of ethical violations that occurred during the period
of membership provided the complaint is received within one year of the date of
resignation.
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