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CODE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR FLORIDA VICTIM WITNESS SERVICE PROVIDERS
A.
In relationships with every client, the Victim Witness Service Provider shall:
1. Respect and protect the client’s civil and legal rights.
2. Respond compassionately to each client with personalized services.
B. In
relationships with colleagues, other professionals, and the public, the Victim Witness
Service Provider shall:
1.
Conduct relationships with colleagues in such a way as to promote mutual respect, public
respect, and improvement of service.
2. Seek
out constructive means to assist colleagues in improving their service delivery when you
become aware of substandard services.
3.
Share knowledge and encourage proficiency and excellence in victim witness service among
colleagues and allied professionals.
4.
Act to promote crime and violence prevention as a public service and an adjunct to victim
witness service.
C. In
her or his professional conduct, the Victim Witness ServiceProvider shall:
1.
Maintain high personal and professional standards in the capacity of a service provider
and advocate for clients.
2. Seek
and maintain proficiency in the delivery of services to clients.
3. Not
discriminate against any victim, employee, colleague, allied professional, or member of
the public on the basis of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, race, national origin,
religious belief, or sexual orientation.
D. In his
or her responsibility to any other profession, the Victim Witness Service Provider will be
bound by the ethical standards of the allied profession of which she or he is a member.
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Modified from the National Organization For Victim Assistance’s 1997 Code of
Professional Conduct For Victim Assistance Providers.
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