Showing posts with label What to do About Adoption Corruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label What to do About Adoption Corruption. Show all posts
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Ethics in Adoption Conference

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We here at Fleas Biting and all those who are concerned about ethical adoption practice, are excited about the upcoming Ethics and Accountab...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Commentary: Be a Flea

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It is my hope that becoming more informed about adoption corruption will lead each of us to want to be involved in doing something about it....
Sunday, February 25, 2007

Corruption Item 19: Legislative & Executive Helps

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19) Work for Legislative and Executive Remedies --Pool your resources with organizations like Ethica http://www.ethicanet.org to do thin...

Corruption Item 18: Network & Use Your Talents

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18) Pool your resources and use your unique talents --Support organizations like Ethica with your donations and your time and talents. --Att...

Corruption Item 17: Tell the Bad Stories

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17) Tell the bad stories. --If you have you have been a victim of adoption fraud or corruption, don't be silent. Tell your story. --If t...

Corruption Item 16: Educate PAP's

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16) Speak to PAP's formally and informally about finding ethical agencies. --David K's: http://www.adoptionagencychecklist.com/ is ...

Corruption Item 15: Speak Up

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15) Speak up. --Be the voice crying in the wilderness or a flea on the adoption support groups of which you are a member --Write letters to ...

Corruption Item 14: Help Mature Adoption Beliefs

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14) Work to Mature the Way Adoption is understood in Our Society. --Much of our inability to believe adoption corruption exists begins with ...
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Corruption Item 13: Don't Undermine Investigations

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13) During Adoption Crises, Avoid the Temptation to Undermine and Work Against Investigations, Enforcement, and Reforms. -- When the governm...

Corruption Item 12: Read International Documents

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12) Educate yourself on the International Documents that are applicable to International Adoption: --"The Convention on the Rights of t...

Corrupton Item 11: Compare Adoption Practices

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11) Research the adoption practices of other receiving countries as away of understanding your own country's practices. --In what ways d...

Corruption Item 10: Know Your Country's Laws

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10) Educate yourself on the adoption related laws and regulations of your own country. --As you educate yourself, take note of the way that ...

Corruption Item 9: Help Fight Root Causes

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9) Find ways to make a difference in terms of the root causes of the "need" for adoption. --Find ways to address the contextual ro...

Corruption Item 8: Track Agency Practices

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8) Track current agency practice to understand the bigger picture. --Join online groups like Adoption_Agency_Research and learn and particip...

Corruption Item 7: Hold Agencies Accountable

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7) Encourage agencies to carefully vet and then hold their own foreign partners responsible for their actions. --Demand accounting from agen...

Corruption Item 6: Hold Non-Profits Accountable

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6) Hold non-profit adoption agencies accountable for how donations and money for "humanitarian projects" are spent. Demand an acco...
Saturday, February 24, 2007

Corruption Item 5: Understand Fees Are Incentive

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5) Be aware of the role that foreign fees and foreign/orphanage donations play in incentivizing the corrupt sourcing of childrenfor adoption...

Corruption Item 4: Are Agencies Acting Legally?

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4) Keep tabs on whether your agency and the other adoption agencies practicing in the countries you have chosen, are abiding by the rules. -...

Corruption Item 3: Understand Cultural Contexts

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3) Do ongoing research to understand the cultural/economic/political, etc.context in which adoption from these countries takes place. --Work...

Corruption Item 2: Learn Laws of a Few Countries

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2) Research the adoption related laws and regulations of a few sending countries --No one knows everything about every country, so try to un...