CHP Code of Ethics

[hodgdon@homer.yankee.com (hodgdon@yankee.com)]

Dear Radsafe,

On Friday Joel Baumbaugh wrote (in part)

>     I'm  playing "devils advocate" here so please follow  "your"
>personal ethics and don't attack me personally....
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There are many possible meanings of the phrase *personal ethics*.  

1.  Does it mean YOUR rules about YOURSELF?  I don't think so 

because if you were completely alone and never dealt with anyone 

else you would not need ethics.  From whom would you steal?

2.  Does it mean YOUR rules about OTHERS, but we just DON"T TALK 

about them?  I can't imagine a profession with 2000 slightly 

different sets of rules.

3.  Does it mean just plain old ETHICS?  I hope so.  

I hope the CHP code of ethics will be short, will apply to all, and 

will be widely discussed and widely agreed upon.  I hope the Code 

will be more about what to strive for, and what our public role is. 

I hope it will NOT be about enforcement, and not pit US against 

THEM.

Radsafe seems to be about talking things out and agreement about 

right and wrong in both day to day matters and the big issues.  For 

that reason I look forward to the CHP Code of Ethics discussion on 

radsafe.

Thank you Joel for spurring me on to think this through.  I 

appreciate your "devil's advocate technique."  I hope others respond 

and criticize my attempt at philosophy.  I look forward to learning 

about the benefits of a Code and discovering how we lived without 

one.

Andrew Hodgdon
hodgdon@yankee.com

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