Conduct your Conduct ??

     

     It may seem to be a bit redundant to have a tenet of the Code of professional CONDUCT actually be Conduct. But, evidently it is necessary to address conduct to cover points that may not be addressed in the specifics of the other tenets. It is noteworthy that of the 7 tenets #3 has them most illustrative Behaviors. Most of them deal with items such as: Appearance,Conflict of interest, and self regulation in accepting assignments.

     So to me tenet #3 is the general instruction to just act right. You might think that would be a no-brainer. However, when one of the examples being not to take and mind altering drugs it shows ya something. That somebody some where did something silly so that RID has to address it. 

     It makes me think of the warning on a bag of peanuts saying “Contains Nuts”...Really?? But obviously somebody must have tried to sue the Peanut company for not telling them. HEY BE CAREFUL, that bag of peanuts you just bough actually has nuts in it (yeah I know peanuts are actually legumes). So basically act like you have some sense and act like you wanna keep your job

Below is an example of a shirt that is a candidate for breaking tenet #3 and good taste :D

3.0 CONDUCT

Tenet: Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the specific interpreting situation.

Guiding Principle: Interpreters are expected to present themselves appropriately in demeanor and

appearance. They avoid situations that result in conflicting roles or perceived or actual conflicts of

interest

Taken from NAD-RID CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

In the video below how does the interpreter respect tenet #3??