Chapter 3 Flashcards
a philosophical disciple that is concerned with human conduct and moral decision making; normative in nature; focus on principles and standards that governs relationships between individuals
ethics
beliefs about behavior and conduct that guide professional practices (couselors/clients)
professional ethics
involves judgment or evaluation of action (good, bad, right, wrong, ought, should)
morality
the precise codification of governing standards that are established to ensure legal and moral justice; created by legislation, court decision, and tradition, what is legal, not ethical; a body of rules
law
why do we need ethical guidelines?
protects profession from government control
controlling internal disagreements
protecting practitioners from public
unethical behaviors
violation of confidentiality exceeding level of professional competence negligent practice claiming expertise one does not possess imposing values on a client creating dependency sexual activity dual relationship odd financial arrangements improper advertising plagiarism
deals with ethical concerns, addressed issues such as counseling the aged, values, education, and feminism; publishes guidelines for leaders in professional counseling organizations
ASERVIC; association for spiritual, ethical, and religious values in counseling
designed to offer formal statements for ensuring protection of clients’ rights while identifying expectations of practitioners; need them to be considered a professional organization
code of ethical conduct
fives purposes for code of ethics
clarify nature of ethical responsibilities
support mission of org
establish principles that inform best practice
assist members in constructing a course of action
serve as basis for processing ethical complaints and inquiries
eight topical sectional headlines for…
ACA code of ethics
limitations of ethical codes
some issues cannot be solved by a code
enforcing them is hard
conflicts within standards delineated by code
some legal/ethical issues not covered by code
historical; may be unethical now
conflicts arise between ethics/law
don’t address cross-cultural issues
don’t address every situation
bringing to interest all parties
not proactive documents for helping what should be done
five types of ethical dilemmas
confidentiality role conflict counselor competence conflicts with employer degree of dangerousness
process of determining which ethical principles are involved and then prioritizing them based on the professional requirements and beliefs
ethical reasoning
six ethical principles on counselor choices
beneficence nonmaleficence autonomy justice fidelity veracity
doing good and preventing harm
beneficence
not inflicting harm and prevention of future harm
nonmaleficence
respecting freedom of choice and self-determination
autonomy
fairness
justice
faithfulness and honoring commitments and promises
fidelity
truthfulness
veracity
four guidelines for assessing whether counselors act in ethically responsible ways
personal and professional honesty
acting in best interest of client
act w/out malice or personal gain
justify an action
5 stage developmental continuum of reasoning
punishment orientation institutional orientation societal orientation individual orientation principle orientation
researchable or open to research
heuristic
counseling over the internet in which the counselor may be 100s of mules away
cyber counseling/web counseling
six value model for families
responsibility integrity commitment freedom of choice empowerment right to grieve