Core Values
The University of Michigan School of Public Health is committed to the following core values:
1. Improved health for populations and individuals worldwide;
2. Health equity for all people;
3. Diversity and inclusion in education, research and service;
4. Ethical principles of teaching, learning, research and practice;
5. Excellence and innovation;
6. Equitable partnerships with individuals, communities, and practitioners.
(2011 update)
Statement of Values Underlying Public Health Practice
As members of the public health
community – students, faculty, and staff – we recognize the
unique responsibilities associated with this role. We commit ourselves
to the high standards of professionalism and ethical conduct required
to achieve community health, and to ensuring that the basic resources
and conditions necessary for health are accessible to all members of the
community.
We recognize that the effective
promotion of the public’s health depends heavily on the public’s
trust. Truth, integrity, accountability, reciprocity and collaboration
are essential to building and maintaining this trust. Those skills, together
with a commitment to excellence and reflective ethical decision making,
are core competencies for public health professionals. Because public
health is committed to the development and appropriate application of
information to protect and promote health, honesty and respect for scientific
evidence is vital to our academic and professional work. As members of
the public health community, we will strive to act in ways that promote
trust.
As public health professionals,
we value cooperation, collaboration and respect for the contributions
of individual members of our professional communities and of the communities
we serve. We pledge to treat each other with respect, and to honor the
dignity and value of each member of our community. We will strive to fulfill
our commitments to each other. We are encouraged and expected to cooperate
in assisting each other’s learning, except in those instances where
student members of the community are directed to work individually. We
will recognize the contributions of others to our work in a manner that
is fair and respectful in the preparation of papers, examinations, books
and other documents or websites.
The development of ethical competencies
is a life-long process, and an integral component of professional training
and career development. We pledge to use the ideas or writings of others
with appropriate attribution. We pledge to share, and to use with respect,
our community resources, such as facilities, library materials, laboratory
materials, computing centers, teaching and conference rooms.
Finally, we in the University of Michigan
School of Public Health pledge adherence to the American
Public Health Association’s Code of Ethics, and to the beliefs
and values that underlie this code.
Created by the Committee
to Review Ethics in the School of Public Health, May 2003. |
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