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SIOPSA Invitation

Join the SIOPSA Pretoria Branch for our upcoming
Ethics & Assessments Workshop 

Thursday Evening, 16th September 2010

ETHICS & ASSESSMENTS – DEALING WITH DAY-TO-DAY ETHICAL CHALLENGES

Every day, as Industrial Psychologists and HR Specialists, we are faced with a myriad of challenges in the workplace. Sometimes the line between client satisfaction, business needs, good practice and ethical conduct become blurred. This workshop aims to explore some of the most common ethical challenges that we face in the assessment arena and looks at ways to address these appropriately.

The best defence against ethical dilemmas is a good offence. By looking out for foreseeable conflicts and discussing them frankly, practitioners can possibly avoid misunderstandings and sticky situations. By being prepared for these issues, Industrial Psychologists and HR Specialists endorse the fact that good ethical practice is good professional practice.

We begin the workshop with a brief theoretical overview of assessments in South Africa in order to present delegates with a solid frame of reference. We will give delegates an indication of past ethical challenges in assessments versus future ethical challenges. A brief literature review of the key challenges facing assessment practices will be discussed. Inputs and feedback provided by the delegates will form the basis of a research project focusing on ethics in assessment.

Anne Buckett is a qualified Industrial Psychologist with extensive experience in assessment and development in industry.  She is presently the Managing Consultant of Precision HR with specialist expertise in the areas of HR competency-based assessment and development. She has worked with several large international consulting firms acquiring in-depth experience in consulting. In addition she is trained on a wide variety of tools, techniques and methodologies. Delivering integrated HR solutions to organisations as part of her services includes large-scale HR project management, determining key HR practices and protocols; designing and implementing recruitment, selection and decision-making strategies; compiling assessment matrixes and test batteries; conducting job analyses and determining key competencies; designing and implementing assessment and development centres end-to-end; project managing restructuring processes and managing 360º development and feedback projects. Anne has served as an executive committee member of People Assessment in Industry (PAI) and was Regional Chairperson for the SIOPSA Pretoria Branch. She is a past Chairperson of the ACSG and will begin her doctorate exploring the effect of design fixes on the construct validity of Assessment Centres in South Africa during the course of 2010.

Madia Levin is a qualified Industrial Psychologist and lecturer at Unisa.  Her field of expertise include organisational psychology and development. She has extensive experience in assessment and development having consulted in various fields such as organisational development and change management, organisational culture, leadership and ethics, designing and implementing recruitment and selection strategies, assessment and development centres, and, conducting job analyses and determining key competencies. Madia has a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from the University of Pretoria where she focussed her research on management, organisational dynamics and stakeholder relationships. She has also received training on a wide variety of psychometric and psychological tools.

Join the SIOPSA Pretoria Branch Committee for what promises to be a fascinating CPD-earning, learning and knowledge-building opportunity!

Space is limited so please secure your place on the SIOPSA website and pay before Monday, 13 September 2010.

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

The Pretoria Branch of SIOPSA