Introduction
The ethical challenges in optics: why we have created these pages
Ethical optics
Our legal and regulatory team often deals with allegations against our members that include breaches of ethical standards. On these pages we have gathered together our advice and guidance on these standards.
Members who are concerned about ethical questions in their own practice or workplaces should contact [email protected]. Use the Community forum to promote discussion of these pages or suggest amendments and additions to this guidance.
Ethics in optics: a CPD module
A CPD module to encourage reflection on the reality of ethics in practice
General Optical Council standards for individuals
The GOC’s standards for individual optometrists and dispensing opticians
General Optical Council standards for businesses
The GOC’s standards for the businesses that register with it
The law on bribery
Our guidance on the Bribery Act
Inducements
Our guidance on inducements to refer patients: more complicated than it seems
Incentives
The AOP's view on the use of incentives for individuals to act in certain ways
Dispensing
The common ethical risks in dispensing
Hospital optometry
We discuss the ethical pressures on hospital optometrists
Domiciliary care
The extra ethical challenges that apply in domiciliary care
For students
What to know about ethics while studying, and how to learn more