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Ethics: Putting the Puzzle Together
SHANNON M. ELLER, LPC, RPT, CCS, CCADC, CCDP-D, NCC
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.BRIGHTER-TOMORROWS.COM
770 468 7424
Ethics: Putting the Puzzle Together
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Worst Personal Ethical Dilemmas
o LPC o LMFTo LCSWo ACESo NAADAC
Ethics: Putting the Puzzle TogetherOverview of Ethical Codes
o APTo ASGWo APAo ACA
Ethical Inventory
Group Discussion
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o Professional Identityo Counseloro Educatoro Researchero Supervisoro Advocate
o Question: Who are the stakeholders?o (client, counselor, agencies, community, profession)
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Basic Ethical Standards• Beneficence• Non-maleficence (avoiding harm)• Autonomy (imposition of values)• Justice (power differential)• Fidelity• Client Welfare
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Ethical Responsibilitieso Ethical/ Clinicalo Standardo Legalo Moralo Virtueo Aspirational
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Ethical Standards/ Responsibilitieso Confidentialityo Privacyo Privilegeo Courtroom Ethicso Judicious Disclosure
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Ethical Standards• Usual, customary, reasonable (UCR)• Supervisor responsibility
• Vicarious liability
1. form of strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency
2. respondent superior – the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their supervisee (the responsibility of any third party that had the "right, ability or duty to control" the activities of a violator).
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Ethical Issues
• Duty to warn (Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 1976)
• Mandated Reporting Status
1. Physical, sexual, emotional/mental abuse
2. Vulnerable parties (children, elderly, disabled)
3. Criminal intent (S/H active intent/plan)
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Ethical Safeguards
oInformed Consent/ AssentoRecordkeeping (formal, standardized, clinical language)oCoordination of servicesoContinuity of careoRelease of Information
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Ethical Dilemmas
• Dual Relationships (Prince of Tides)
• Sexual Relationships
• Small Towns
• Bartering/ Gifts
• Common Sense
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Ethical Dilemmas
o Case Managemento Research (Tuskegee/ IRB Boards)o Ethical Use of Human Participantso Standardized Practiceso Safety in Group Counselingo Deceptiono End-of-Life Issues
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Ethical Dilemmas
o Competencyo Expertiseo Referral o Terminationo Abandonment (What About Bob?)
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Ethical Standards
Multicultural Issueso Knowledgeo Awarenesso Skills Setso Sensitivityo Respect
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Ethical Dilemmas
o Counselor Welfareo Impairmento Ethical Complaintso Use of Technology (social media,
internet/web services)
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Ethical Safeguards• Supervision
• Consultation
• Accountability• Ethical Decision-Making Models/ Tests
1. Fairness
2. Universality
3. Courtroom
4. Ethics Board
5. Newspaper/ Television
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Ethical Decision-Making Models
Current Research/ Literature
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Ethical Scenarios
Group Discussion
Ethics: Putting the Puzzle Together
Andrade, B., and Ugalde, O. (2011). Ethical self-evidence and the principle of proportionality: Two fundamental ethical principles applied to a psychiatric case report. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 29(18), 113-121.
Betan, E., and Stanton, A (1999) Fostering ethical willingness: Integrating emotional and contextual awareness with rational analysis.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 6 (1), 698-681
Garcia, J., Cartwright, B., Winston, S., and Borzuchowska, B. (2003). A transcultural integrative model for ethical decision making in counseling. Journal of Counseling & Development 268(10), 88-95.
Huebner, B., Lee, J., and Hauser, M. (2010). The moral and convention distinction in mature moral competence. Journal of Cognition & Culture 1(26), 555-572.
Reeves, a. (2010). Maintaining confidentiality. Therapy Today, 33(3), 721-726.
Sreenivasan, G. (2010). Duties and their direction. Ethics, 465 (30), 223-232.
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