Code Of Ethics (Dr. Kelly)

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Ethical theories relate to

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The study of right and wrong conduct in society

How to determine moral behavior

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Approaches to ethical analysis are grouped into 3 categories:

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Descriptive this
Meta ethics
Normative ethics

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fact based examination of different societies or cultures using scientific inquiry to identify how people reason and act

◦May ask, “What do people in society think is right?”

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Descriptive ethics

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Study of moral through and moral language

Asks what morality actually, the meaning, and where did the meaning originate

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Meta ethics

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Devoted to examining our moral relations with one another

includes the formulation of moral rules that have direct implications for what human actions, institutions, and ways of life should be like

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Normative ethics

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Three central aims of normative ethical theory:

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◦1. understanding the nature of moral agency,
◦2. identifying morally right actions, and
◦3. determining the justification of moral beliefs.

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Application of normative ethics to occupational therapy:

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Guides practitioners on how they should act in consideration of the clients and colleagues

Determine the most ethical course of action

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In clinical settings, when ethics committees engage with health care teams to determine the best course of action for patients and clients, they are looking mainly at

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normative ethics.

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Normative ethical approaches focus on either

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the act itself or the consequence of the action

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Act of applying general moral theories and principles to ethical problems arising in medical or clinical settings

Generally focused on the application of these moral standards when examining specific ethical issues

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Applied ethics

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_______ provide a framework for addressing ethical dilemmas in practice.

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Theories

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______ _______ often viewed as oversimplified and offering only one idea as the key to morality.

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Ethical theories

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Normative ethical theories that may assist occupational therapy practitioners to effectively analyze complex ethical problems regarding what is right and wrong include:

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◦Virtue theory
◦Ethics of care
◦Consequentialism
◦Deontology

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focuses less on the moral actions and more on the character of the person who is completing the action

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Virtue ethics

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Focuses on compassion and empathy rather than the character of the moral person.

It is not focused on the action itself as much as it is on how we execute the action.

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Ethics of care

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Focuses on the outcome of an action

◦A theory that says whether something is good or bad depends on the outcome.
◦The morally right action = best effect; either maximizing good or limiting harm.

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Consequentialism

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rule-based or duty-based theory that focuses on the action as opposed to the consequence of that action

Ex: 10 commandments; golden rule

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Deontology

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The most commonly used framework in contemporary Western health care ethics is

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Principlism

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when there is a conflict with consequences and principles, the ethical act is the one in accordance with the principles

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Principlism

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The Occupational Code of Ethics outlines six principles:

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1.Beneficence
2.Nonmaleficence
3.Autonomy
4.Justice
5.Veracity
6.Fidelity

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systematic study of rules of conduct that is grounded in philosophical principles and theory

reflect societies values, morals and norms in the effort of communities, professions, and organizations to determine what is or is not acceptable behavior

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Ethics

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vocalize the duties that members of the discipline have to each other and to society

based on beliefs and values that a profession supports

guide behavior and serve as a guide for individual practitioners and for a profession

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Professional ethics

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healers who used occupations as a therapeutic means to enhance their health and the health of their social groups

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Proto-occupational therapists

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outlines the behaviors expected of physicians and is still used today

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Hippocratic Oath

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An association of tradesmen, craftsmen and healers who protected their livelihoods by establishing rules and standards of work to ensure quality.

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Guilds

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influenced the moral treatment social movement for asylum reform for inhumane treatment of people with mental disorders

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Enlightenment philosophy