Re: Are you an ethical VA?
To some degree I appreciate the idea of standardizing - attorneys and doctors are part of a standardized industry and this reinforces the concept that they are professionals. IMHO standardizing the industry, although an interesting concept, really won't do much to solve the ethics issue. It has been my personal experience that ethics cannot be forced on someone who chooses to ignore them. That being said, I firmly believe that businesses (VA or otherwise) that show a lack of ethics won't be successful for long, if at all.
Clearly, verifying references with your potential "work partner's" past clients is an important part of choosing someone with whom to work on any job. A lack of ethics should be almost immediately visible - especially if references aren't current or available at all.
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