ABSTRACT
Davies argues for an ethical perspective of professional morality which is defined a contract for the profession and the individual with the public, thereby safeguarding all three. He argues for a limit on what is achievable in terms of responsibility of consequences: the apparent open-ended offer of consequential validity goes too far. The chapter references are made to 'the tester' or to 'the language tester', not a monolithic concept. It focuses on the issues is by developing standards of 'professional behaviours' expected to protect the tester the test taker. The Code of Ethics developed by the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) and adopted in March 2000 in Vancouver. Madaus (1990) claims are a need for people from outside the testing community to address the social, technical and value issues associated with testing. The growing awareness of the code practice for language testers not only the traits of the test but also its uses and consequences.
