1. Class Intro: Ethics--thinking outside the box
2. Professional training within an ethical framework
3. History I: Pre 20th C to 1030s: aesthetic restoration to scientific principles
4. Cleaning controversies: Burlington Magazine, National Gallery
5. History II: 1950's-1980s, the Murray Pease, and development of the CoE
6. History III: 1980's-present, revision of the AIC CoE and Commentaries
7. Museum Ethics: Conflict of Interest, appraisal, dealing (AAM)
8. The role of artist, owner, custodian, stakeholders, and conservator
9. Standards of Practice: The Commentaries and Viñas
10. Maritime law, salvage, insurance, depreciation, and the cost of repair
11. Materials: Reversibility, color shift (e.g anoxia), Calaton CB soluble nylon
12. Preventive ethics: Minimal intervention, environmental control
13. Time-based and digital media, challenges to copyright law
14. "Edge cases" and irreconcilable dilemmas
15. Documentation as treatment, virtual repairs, e.g. reversible upholstery
16. Strategies and complex projects (Long Range, and Strategic Planning)
17. Conservation Training and "Soft Skills"
18. Review
(Class content may not follow the above order, depending on class interests)