Africa Organisation Development Network
Brief about OD practices in Africa:
Organization Development (OD) as an approach and a behavioural science is emerging in Africa. There is evidence confirming OD practice in Africa is contributing to institutional resilience, renewal, transformation and communities’ sustainability mindset development. Therefore, the field of Organization Development (OD) need to position itself for more impact and positive influence at the Individual, Family, Organization-wide, Societal, National and Continental levels.
The Africa OD-Net is established to bring together all OD Practitioners, Institutions, and Professionals in Africa to advance the practice and values of Organization Development and also to maintain quality standards of OD practices.
Ethics and Values of OD Professionals
RESPONSIBILITY TO OURSELVES:
Acting with integrity and Authenticity; striving for self-knowledge and personal growth; asserting individual interests in ways that are fair and equitable.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETENCE:
Accepting responsibility for the consequence of our acts; developing and maintaining individual competence and establishing cooperative relations with other professionals; recognizing our own needs and desires, and dealing with them responsibly in the performance of our professional roles.
RESPONSIBILTY TO CLIENTS AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS:
Serving the long-term well-being of our client system and stakeholders; conducting ourselves honestly, responsibly, and with appropriate openness; establishing mutual agreement on a fair contract.
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE OD COMMUNITY:
Contributing to the continuing professional development of other practitioners and field of practice; promoting the sharing of professional knowledge and skill; working with other professionals in ways that exemplify what the profession stands for.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:
Acting with sensitivity to the consequences of our recommendations for our client system and the larger systems within they are a subsystem; acting with awareness of our cultural filters and with sensitivity to multinational and multicultural differences and their implications; promoting justice and serving the well-being of all life on earth.
