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LEDM-552 (AIA): Ethics and Decision Making in Complex Situations Report a Broken Link

Ethics and Decision Making in Complex Situations (LEDM-552) is designed to serve the needs of all professionals including those who are regulated, non-regulated, licensed, or non-licensed. The course focuses on the gold standard of professionalism in Canada: self-regulating professions mandated by provincial governments. However, those who bring a professional perspective to their work but are not in a self-regulating profession will also benefit from this course as they seek to enhance their ethical skills for decision-making in professional and business settings. The course uses relevant readings, simulations supported by artificial intelligence, and weekly discussions with other professionals and ethics experts.

Lesson 1

Reading 1: Adams, T. L. (2016). Professional self-regulation and the public interest in Canada. Professions and Professionalism, 6(3), 1–15.
Reading 2: Dixon-Woods, M., Yeung, K., & Bosk, C. L. (2011). Why is U.K. medicine no longer a self-regulating profession? The role of scandals involving “bad apple” doctors. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 73(10), 1452–1459.

Lesson 2

Reading 3: Cruess, S. R., & Cruess, R. L. (2016). Professionalism as a social construct: The evolution of a concept. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 8(2), 265–267.
Reading 4: Balthazard, C. (2017, September 1). What does it mean to be a regulated profession? (HRPA Series on Governance for Professional Regulatory Bodies). Human Resources Professionals Association.

Lesson 3

Reading 5: Province of Alberta. (2018). Agrology Profession Act, Statutes of Alberta, 2005, Chapter A-13.5. Alberta King’s Printer.
Reading 6: Province of Alberta. (2007). Agrology Profession Regulation, Alberta Regulation 71/2007. Alberta King’s Printer.
Reading 7: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2010). Code of ethics.
Reading 8: Maxwell, B. (2017). Codes of professional conduct and ethics education for future teachers. Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 24(4), 323–347.

Lesson 4

Review Reading 7.

Lesson 5

Review Readings 6, 7, and 8.
Reading 9: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2021). Alberta Institute of Agrologists continuing competence program.

Lesson 6

Reading 10: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2012). General practice standard for all registered members of the Alberta Institute of Agrologists.
Choose the practice standard below that relates most closely to your own area of practice.
Reading 11a: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2017). Contaminated lands - Assessment, remediation and management practice standard.
Reading 11b: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2018). Crop production practice standard.
Reading 11c: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2018). Environmental monitoring practice standard.
Reading 11d: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2020). Land conservation and management practice standard.
Reading 11e: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2017). Land reclamation practice standard.
Reading 11f: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2020). Livestock production practice standard.
Reading 11g: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2018). Rangeland and pasture management practice standard.
Reading 11h: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2019). Water resources planning and management practice standard.
Review the self-assessment workbook that corresponds to the practice standard you chose (Reading 11).
Reading 12a: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2017). Self-assessment workbook for the Assessment, remediation and management of contaminated lands practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 12b: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2018). Self-assessment workbook for the crop production practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 12c: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2020). Self-assessment workbook for the environmental monitoring practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 12d: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2020). Self-assessment workbook for the land conservation and management practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 12e: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2017). Self-assessment workbook for the land reclamation practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 12f: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2020). Self-assessment workbook for the livestock production practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 12g: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2018). Self-assessment workbook for the rangeland and pasture management practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 12h: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2019). Self-assessment workbook for the water resources planning and management practice area. [MS-Excel Workbook].
Reading 13: Alberta Institute of Agrologists. (2017). AIA résumé template. [MS-Word].