AAM Code of Ethics for Museums
Adopted 1993 by the AAM Board of Directors and amended in 2000 Please note that the Code of Ethics for Museums references the American Association of Museums (AAM), now called the American …
A Code of Ethics for Curators
Originally conceived of in the early 1980s and last revised in 2009 by the former Curators Committee of the AAM, this set of fundamental principles describes core beliefs and critical …
Institutional Code of Ethics
Purpose Museums are required to have a formally approved, separate, and distinct institutional code of ethics. An institutional code of ethics expresses the institution’s policies, …
Ethics
Ethics are principles that help people make choices about what they ought to do. Ethical practices are based on rights, obligations, or other values. Acting ethically means adopting …
Glimpses of the Ethical Future
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s guest post is by Sally Yerkovich, director of the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University and instigator of the Forecast on the Future of Museum Ethics. You can catch up …
Ethics Smackdown: Preamble
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Last week I wrote about the Ethics Smackdown that took place at the Alliance annual meeting last month. This week, Sally Yerkovich, director of the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall …
Ethics Smackdown: For the Resolution
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This is the fourth and (for now) final installment of our report on the debate held at the Alliance in May regarding the future of museum ethics. In today’s post, James Bradburne, director …
Ethics Smackdown: A Preview of the Future?
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I returned from the Alliance annual meeting in Baltimore to find my scanning feeds clogged with a spate of articles about the threat of the state-appointed emergency manager selling …
Ethics, Standards, and Professional Practices
Excellence across the museum field begins with the ethics and standards that the field sets for itself to promote accountability, provide a basis for good decision-making, and prove a …
Ethics and Best Practices in Museums
Introduction For hundreds of years, museums have held objects in the public trust. Today, American museums preserve and protect more than a billion objects. Sometimes they face questions …