Part 1 Flashcards
A Profession…
Several core elements that guide the behaviour of its members
4 main features of ethics
- Principles are valued
- Universality
- Reasoning
- Desired outcomes
Four Foundational Systems of Ethics
- Teleology (Valued actions that produce desired outcome)
- Deontology (Act in accordance with obligatory duty)
- Virtue (Actions with the
right motive)
-Relational ethics (Actions that manifest care and consideration of others (complex and messy))
Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
Use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or clients
Values
Concepts of what is good-such as compassion and honesty-that are acknowledged in thought and action, and what is bad-such as cruelty and deceit-that are repudiated
Ethics
Highest ideals of human awareness, intention, reasoning, and behaviour and are fundamentally aspirational in nature
Analytical approach to ethics
Favours rational analysis, experimental approach favours participation in the world
Social approach to ethics favours
Publicly observable phenomenon, a personal approach favours introspection
Relational Ethics
actions that manifest care and consideration of others
Virtue
Actions with the right motives
The Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists (4 Principles)
- Principle 1: Respect for the Dignity of Persons and Peoples
- Principle 2: Responsible Caring
- Principle 3: Integrity in Relationships
- Principle 4: Responsibility to Society
Professional Ethics 4 Main Features
- Valued by all members
- Universality (applicable to all)
- Appropriate actions can be deducted
- Desirable outcomes
Attempts at Assimilation/Genocide
- “Civilizing the Indians”
- Reservations – ruled by Indian Act
- Residential Schools (1883 Indian Affairs policy) Education and Assimilation
- Sixties Scoop
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015)
Sets out the vision for reconciliation
Touchstones of Hope
Provides the principles and process to get there (to reconciliation)
Assimilation Impacts
- Lost identity
- Suicide/self-harm
- Stress/poverty
- Health disorders (HIV, diabetes)
- Victims of violence
Touchstones of Hope (5 Interdependent Reconciliation Principles)
- Self-determination
- Holistic Response
- Culture and Language
- Structural Interventions
- Non-Discrimination
4 Stage Reconciliation Process
** = most difficult
- *1. Truth-telling
- *2. Acknowledging
3. Restoring
4. Relating
Sixties Scoop
Non-Aboriginal social workers were involved in designing and implementing child welfare policies that resulted in the mass removal of Aboriginal children
Moral Courage
The ability of an individual to take a public stand on an issue when he or she will likely experience some personal or professional harm
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015)
Sets out the vision for reconciliation, and the Touchstones of Hope provides the principles and process to get there
Four key dimensions of equity-oriented PHC (Primary Health Care) services
- Trauma- and violence-informed care
- Culturally competent care
- Contextually tailored care
- Inequity-responsive care
Structural violence
Disadvantage and suffering that stems from the creation and perpetuation of structures, policies and institutional practices that are innately unjus
Critical race theory (CRT)
Critically examines the way in which race is implicated in all aspects of society.
3 core competency areas
Anti-Indigenous Racism Work
- Knowledge
- Self-Awareness
- Skills
Risk Management
The practice of focusing on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of problems that may injure clients and lead to filing an ethics complaint or a malpractice action
- DOCUMENT!!!
Autonomy
Promote self-determination
Nonmaleficence
Avoid doing harm
Beneficence
Do good for others and promote the well-being of clients
Justice
Be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly
Fidelity
Make realistic commitments and keep these promises
Veracity
Be truthful and deal honestly with clients
Mutual Recognition Agreement (2001)
An agreement to allow psychologists in one jurisdiction to be recognized in another
Criminal Law
Deals with offences as set out in the Criminal Code of Canada and related federal statutes
Civil Law
Deal with the resolution of disputes between citizens
Negligence
3 standards
Refers to professional actions that fail to meet the standard required of society
- Duty of Care
- Failure to Provide Reasonable Care
- Causation between the defendant’s conduct and the injury
