Ethics of Australian Fitness Professionals

The Australian fitness profession has grown rapidly §in the past three decades, but there has been §unequal growth in the ethical practices of its §workers. The purpose of this book is to examine the §ethical beliefs and behaviours of Australian fitness §professionals. Several questions are of particular §interest: 1) How ethical are the beliefs and §behaviours of Australian fitness professionals? 2) §How do the ethical beliefs and behaviours of §Australian university trained fitness professionals §compare with TAFE (community) college trained §fitness professionals? This book explores the §ethical knowledge and practices of Australian §fitness professionals and compares their beliefs and §behavious with practitioners from other helping §professions such as psychology. Issues examined in §this book include: 1) the ethics education of §fitness professionals; 2) the regulation of §questionable behaviours by practicing members of the §fitness profession; 3) and the professional §boundaries of Australian fitness workers. The Australian fitness profession has grown rapidly §in the past three decades, but there has been §unequal growth in the ethical practices of its §workers. The purpose of this book is to examine the §ethical beliefs and behaviours of Australian fitness §professionals. Several questions are of particular §interest: 1) How ethical are the beliefs and §behaviours of Australian fitness professionals? 2) §How do the ethical beliefs and behaviours of Australian university trained fitness professionals §compare with TAFE (community) college trained §fitness professionals? This book explores the §ethical knowledge and practices of Australian §fitness professionals and compares their beliefs and §behavious with practitioners from other helping §professions such as psychology. Issues examined in §this book include: 1) the ethics education of §fitness professionals; 2) the regulation of §questionable behaviours by practicing members of the §fitness profession; 3) and the professional §boundaries of Australian fitness workers.