This is an excerpt from the February 1957 edition of Canadian Camping Magazine
Ethics…as they affect Camp Directors
JohnHoyle, Director,
Business Principles in the O.C.A
- A director should actively affiliate himself with the professional organizations in the Camping Field.
- Directors and counsellors should be willing to assist other directors and counsellors by giving such information and advice as they can impart without detriment to themselves or their work.
- It is unprofessional for a director knowingly to take the initiative in negotiating with any counsellors, instructors or employees, who, during the preceding summer, were associated with another camp, without consulting the director of that other camp, in the spirit of good will; or for the first director to carry on such negotiations after a counsellor has signed up elsewhere.
- It is unprofessional for a director to enter, with the parent of a camper, into a secret or confidential agreement of such a nature as would result in the loss of the good will of the parents of the other campers, were the conditions of the agreement to become known. This provision is to be construed in order to prevent price cutting in direct competition with other camps, but not to prevent camps from giving bona fide scholarships. A scholarship is to be interpreted as being an honorarium granted by the camp director to a camper because of the inability of the parents to pay the customary fees.
- It is professional to use as references only those people who have reliable knowledge of the camp or the director, preferably both.
- It is unethical for a camp to advertise in its prospectus, any activity or service for which it does not provide adequate leadership and facilities.
- If, in spite of the acceptance of this set of Business Principles, complications should arise, members should report the matter to the Board, and refrain form discussing same outside of Association.