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6.3: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct (May 2011)

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    The following elements of the code are touched upon in this chapter:

    Section I: Ethical Responsibilities to Children

    Ideals: 1.1 – 1.12

    Principles: 1.1 – 1.5, 2.7

    Section II: Ethical Responsibilities to Families

    Ideals: 2.1 – 2.9

    Principles: 2.2, 2.5, 2.6

    Section III: Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues (it is broken into two specific responsibilities)

    B – Responsibilities to employers

    Ideals: 3B.1

    Section IV: Ethical Responsibility to Community and Society (we have both an individual and a collective responsibility)

    Ideal: 4.1