The Australian fitness profession has grown rapidly in the past three
decades, but there has been unequal growth in the ethical practices of
its workers. The purpose of this book is to examine the ethical beliefs
and behaviours of Australian fitness professionals. Several questions
are of particular interest: 1) How ethical are the beliefs and
behaviours of Australian fitness professionals? 2) How do the ethical
beliefs and behaviours of Australian university trained fitness
professionals compare with TAFE (community) college trained fitness
professionals? This book explores the ethical knowledge and practices of
Australian fitness professionals and compares their beliefs and
behavious with practitioners from other helping professions such as
psychology. Issues examined in this book include: 1) the ethics
education of fitness professionals; 2) the regulation of questionable
behaviours by practicing members of the fitness profession; 3) and the
professional boundaries of Australian fitness workers.