Consultation Paper

During the consultations, many members of the workforce expressed the importance and centrality of the sector’s ethics and values, and the need for a Code of Ethics that reflects the shared ethics in Australia. [...] The Code of Ethics is intended to be representative and supportive of the entire LIS sector, and therefore everyone in the sector is invited and welcome to contribute feedback, with the aim of creating a Code of Ethics that embraces the sector’s diversity and unites the workforce in ethical 1 . [...] How to use the Code of Ethics The ALIA Code of Ethics for the Australian Library and Information Services (LIS) Workforce is companioned by the ALIA Core Values Statement, the ALIA Code of Conduct, the ALIA LIS Workforce Framework, and linked to the Objects of ALIA’s Constitution. [...] 6 ALIA Code of Ethics for the Australian Library and Information Services Workforce The ALIA Code of Ethics for the Australian Library and Information Services (LIS) Workforce is companioned by the ALIA Core Values Statement, the ALIA Code of Conduct, the ALIA LIS Workforce Framework, and linked to the Objects of ALIA’s Constitution. [...] The purpose of the ALIA Code of Ethics for the Australian LIS Workforce is to: • articulate commitment to the ethical principles that sit at the centre of professional practice and identity; these differentiate the library and information profession from other sectors • encompass a set of statements that inform the behaviour of the LIS workforce • guide and support the application of the ALIA Core.