AWWA WQTC60644

Ethics is an important part of a quality control program for a water qualitylaboratory. In the United States, the National Environmental LaboratoryAccreditation Program requires that laboratories have an ethics program in place.In the case of American Water, company policies and procedures for conductingbusiness in a lawful and ethical manner were also a driving force forimplementation of an ethics program.There are many facets to an ethics program. Items that should be covered forany business ethics program include conflicts of interest, inside information,preferential treatment, accounting records and control, environmental health andsafety, and prohibition against discrimination or harassment. In addition, alaboratory ethics program should cover data integrity. Data integrity topicsinclude employee training and documentation of that training, QC requirements,proper integration and manual integration techniques, calibration guidelines,manual and on-line data review, and data recall procedures.After implementation of an ethics program, ongoing upkeep of the program isimportant. This should include an annual refresher course as well as a signedstatement by employees that they understand and will follow the requirements ofthe program. Includes 7 references.

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Edition:

Vol. - No.

Published:

11/15/2004

Number of Pages:

5

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1 file , 180 KB