Standards and Legal Expectations

Question 1

What is the framework for regulations of professions in Canada?

Answer 1

Framework for regulation is granted to provinces and territories; most professions don’t have national standards

Question 2

Regulations protect public by:

Answer 2

• Setting standards for admitting members
• Identifying members at risk of harming the public
• Sanctioning professionals who have harmed

Question 3

Professional Standards

Answer 3

Determine entrance standards, what professionals may call themselves, and control some activity

Question 4

Practice Standards include:

Answer 4

Do NO Harm, Code of ethics, regulatory practice standards such as codes of conduct

Question 5

What are the characteristics of practice standards?

Answer 5

• Deal with behaviour not judgement
• Primarily protect public’s interest
• Should be as non-intrusive as possible
• Explicit
• Sufficient onto themselves
• Attainable and compulsory

Question 6

What are practice guidelines?

Answer 6

Consistent with ethics and practice standards, practice guidelines are a detailed integration of specialized knowledge into beneficent practice

Question 7

Witnessing misconduct of a colleague

Answer 7

Ignoring evidence of peer misconduct is an ethical violation in itself!!

Informal peer monitoring provides an opportunity for corrective interventions to ethically questionable acts.

Question 8

What do you do if you suspect a colleague of misconduct?

Answer 8

1. Confirm the issue
2. Safeguard confidentiality
3. Consult with others
4. Address the issue
5. If necessary, report colleague to regulatory board

Question 9

What are the two main areas of law?

Answer 9

Criminal and civil

Question 10

Criminal law

Answer 10

Crown must prove reasonable doubt

• Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Youth Criminal Justice Act

Question 11

Civil law

Answer 11

Negligence, duty of care, reasonable care, causation, plaintiff’s conduct

Question 12

What is risk management?

Answer 12

Refers to the practice of focusing on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of problems that may injure clients and lead to filing an ethics complaint or malpractice action.

One of the best precautions against malpractice is personal and professional honesty and openness with clients.

Question 13

Basic moral principles

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Autonomy

Answer 14

Moral principle to promote self-determination

Question 15

Nonmaleficence

Answer 15

Moral principle to avoid doing harm

Question 16

Beneficence

Answer 16

Moral principle to do good for others and promote the well-being of clients

Question 17

Justice

Answer 17

Moral principle to be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly

Question 18

Fidelity

Answer 18

Moral principle to make realistic commitments and keep these promises