ASHA-IIE-REPORTING — ASHA Issues in Ethics: Ethical Reporting (2024)
What does ASHA-IIE-REPORTING say?
Ethical reporting requires proactive transparency in all areas of professional practice. Key aspects: (1) Reporting ethically means providing honest and complete information about credentials, services, relationships, payments, and advertising. (2) Self-reporting requires disclosing criminal convictions or receipt of professional discipline to the ASHA Ethics Office within 60 days. (3) Failure to report known ethical violations by others violates Principle IV Rule N. (4) Accurate billing and documentation is a form of ethical reporting — misrepresenting services provided constitutes fraud. (5) Research reporting must be honest and complete, including reporting negative or unexpected results. (6) CEU and credential reporting must accurately reflect activities completed. (7) Conflicts between employer directives and ethical reporting obligations should be resolved in favor of ethical compliance. (8) Whistleblower protections may apply when reporting violations to the ASHA Board of Ethics. Relevant Code sections: Principle I Rule Q (accurate billing); Principle III Rules D, G (no fraud, no false statements); Principle IV Rules N, O, T, U (reporting violations, self-reporting).
Official source: read the full text in the ASHA Code of Ethics (2023) (official document).