M4_13 Mentee Congruence Ethical Standards
Lesson 13
Discuss mentee’s behavior congruent with ethical standards in the mentoring arrangement:
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Notes
Define standards:
- a level of quality or attainment.
Define ethical standards:
- Principles that when followed, promote values such as trust, good behavior, fairness, and/or kindness.
- Mentoring relationships are framed as fiduciary relationships in which mentors own a fundamental obligation to avoid harm to the mentee and to promote the mentee's best interests whenever possible.
List the ethical standards appropriate to the mentoring arrangement:
- Members will do their utmost to understand their clients’ and sponsors’ expectations and reach agreement on how they plan to meet them.
- Confidentiality
- Excellent Practice
- Ability to perform
- Regular reflective practice
- Professional development
- Integrity
- Inappropriate interactions
- Recognizing equality and diversity
Identify the ethical standards of the mentoring arrangement in alignment with organizational standards:
- Standards for a mentoring arrangement would be consistent no matter the environment that you are working in. Certified mentors are expected to deliver mentoring services in an ethical manner no matter the environment.
- Members will do their utmost to understand their clients’ and sponsors’ expectations and reach agreement on how they plan to meet them.
- Confidentiality
- Excellent Practice
- Ability to perform
- Regular reflective practice
- Professional development
- Integrity
- Inappropriate interactions
- Recognizing equality and diversity
Identify the ethical standards of the mentoring arrangement in alignment with association standards:
- Members will do their utmost to understand their clients’ and sponsors’ expectations and reach agreement on how they plan to meet them.
- Confidentiality
- Excellent Practice
- Ability to perform
- Regular reflective practice
- Professional development
- Integrity
- Inappropriate interactions
- Recognizing equality and diversity
Identify the ethical standards of the mentoring arrangement in alignment with professional standards:
- Members will do their utmost to understand their clients’ and sponsors’ expectations and reach agreement on how they plan to meet them.
- Confidentiality
- Excellent Practice
- Ability to perform
- Regular reflective practice
- Professional development
- Integrity
- Inappropriate interactions
- Recognizing equality and diversity
- Some additional rigour may be required to ensure alignment with the ethical standards but I have not seen where that has been an issue.
Discuss the linkage among behaviour, ethical standards, and the mentoring arrangement:
- Behaviour is defined as: the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
- Ethical standards are defined as: Principles that when followed, promote values such as trust, good behavior, fairness, and/or kindness.
- Behaviour of the mentor/mentee in a mentoring arrangement is impacted by each participants behaviour in how mentoring is delivered
- How mentoring is delivered is guided by the ethical standards that are in place
