Linda is concerned that participating in the lavish tour and dinner offered 
by a breastpump company at the ILCA 2005 conference may have violated one of 
our IBLCE Code of Ethics tenets.

I'd say:  probably not -- although it may not pass one's personal "smell 
test," as clearly it did not for Linda.

The Code requires us to base our practice on current research (Tenet 7), and 
to provide information that allows a mom to make an informed decision (Tenet 
11), partcularly about products (Tenet 12).   But we are also admonished to 
"remain free of conflict of interest" while fulfilling one's IBCLC 
objectives (Tenet 5).

While the marketing tactics used were similar to those employed by the 
pharmaceutical companies (the point of Linda's post), remember that the 
breastpump companies are NOT subject to the [WHO] Code of Marketing of 
Breast-milk Substititues .... because they don't market breastmilk 
substitutes.  Tenet 24 of the Code requires IBCLCs to follow the provisions 
of the WHO Code that apply to health care workers .... which means we cannot 
take any gifts (dinners, pens, mugs, badge holders, etc) from the marketers 
of breastmilk substitutes, teats and bottles.  (FYI -- they aren't supposed 
to be offering it to us, anyway, so it is a "Two-Way No-No").

See www.iblce.org to read all 25 IBLCE Code of Ethics tenets.

Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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