l only increase. The SfAA (Society for AppliedAnthropology) writesFor the past two decades the majority ofanthropologists have found employment outside ofuniversity settings...with the trends in electronicmultimedia education and the decrease in tenuredacademic positions, and even larger percentageof...anthropologists will be employed outside ofacademic positions in the upcoming decade.With so many new positions becoming available outside of the academicatmosphere, the M.A. or Ph.D. in anthropology becomes not only a valuable toolfor employment in a growing number of positions, but also a valuable asset for avery flexible area of development.Even with all of these new positions becoming available to anthropologists,the code of ethics they must follow is universal. Scrutiny over past methods ofresearch as become almost a black eye on anthropology, and the AAA and SfAA,as well as others, have a code of ethics which anthropologist of all positions mustadhere to. Of course, with the decline of field work to "primitive" cultures, themain focus of these ethics has changed. Still, by focusing on local positionsanthropologists hold today, a great number of the ethics still apply. The ethicalchoices made must still abide by community or professional guidelines, and cannotor at least should not knowingly create conflicts, misunderstandings, or createunacceptable situations for the parties involved.( AAA, 2000 ) Anthropologistsusually study humans, and in doing so they must realize that any information theydiscover or provide may result in a change in lifestyle which can be either positiveor negative, and as such, the anthropologist must try to avoid anything which canbring about harm to an individual or a group. In studying local positions, such asurban development, the researcher must understand that recommendations madeby him or her can result in changes in the urban structure; such change should notbe looked upon lightly, as even sligh...
