Comments on: Fun with the Code of Ethics http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/05/fun-with-code-of-ethics.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gilbert Gosseyn http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/05/fun-with-code-of-ethics.html#comment-6276 Gilbert Gosseyn Sat, 24 May 2008 09:33:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/05/fun-with-the-code-of-ethics.html#comment-6276 Too many of these "societies", ostensibly set up to maintain standards and quality, are actually primarily concerned with making money.<br/><br/>I know from personal experience of an accreditation scheme that set was up as part of a training scheme that was set up by the major manufacturer of a piece of industrial equipment. The equipment is "endorsed" by the training scheme; the training scheme promotes the accreditation scheme and the equipment, the accreditation scheme ensures that accredited bodies use the equipment, etc etc. Actually the same person owns and runs it all (under the veneer of promoting safety, professionalism, qualifications etc) purely for the purposes of keeping his bank balance healthy.<br/><br/>What we <i>really</i> need is a Society of Professional Societies and Accreditation Schemes (SoPSAS) to overlook the creation of such bodies and throw them out if they don't uphold the high standards expected of them. Too many of these “societies”, ostensibly set up to maintain standards and quality, are actually primarily concerned with making money.

I know from personal experience of an accreditation scheme that set was up as part of a training scheme that was set up by the major manufacturer of a piece of industrial equipment. The equipment is “endorsed” by the training scheme; the training scheme promotes the accreditation scheme and the equipment, the accreditation scheme ensures that accredited bodies use the equipment, etc etc. Actually the same person owns and runs it all (under the veneer of promoting safety, professionalism, qualifications etc) purely for the purposes of keeping his bank balance healthy.

What we really need is a Society of Professional Societies and Accreditation Schemes (SoPSAS) to overlook the creation of such bodies and throw them out if they don’t uphold the high standards expected of them.

]]> By: Claire http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/05/fun-with-code-of-ethics.html#comment-6274 Claire Fri, 23 May 2008 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/05/fun-with-the-code-of-ethics.html#comment-6274 I wonder how their code of ethics is going to cope with this? <br/>http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/336/7654/1150-a <br/><br/>"New law bans selling of products with unjustified health claims" I wonder how their code of ethics is going to cope with this?
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/336/7654/1150-a

“New law bans selling of products with unjustified health claims”

]]> By: Dr* T http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/05/fun-with-code-of-ethics.html#comment-6272 Dr* T Fri, 23 May 2008 07:05:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/05/fun-with-the-code-of-ethics.html#comment-6272 "Maintaining appropriate boundaries Homeopaths, are responsible for avoiding exploitation of their patients financially, emotionally, sexually; or in any other way"<br/><br/>It sounds like the police should be involved. Could that why they are not being explicit? It's a pretty damning set of breaches in any case. “Maintaining appropriate boundaries Homeopaths, are responsible for avoiding exploitation of their patients financially, emotionally, sexually; or in any other way”

It sounds like the police should be involved. Could that why they are not being explicit? It’s a pretty damning set of breaches in any case.

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