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HN 450: Unit One Seminar
Becky Day, EdD
Kaplan University, Human Services
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About our Course: DBs
• Main posts
– Must answer all the questions asked in such away that is
it very clear that you’ve answered all questions
– You will be asked to repost if you do not answer the
questions
– Opinions are encouraged – but should stick to the
questions
– Your main post should reflect your understanding based
on the text and our seminar.
– Your main post should include a reference at the bottom
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About our Course: Projects – U4, 7,
and Final
• Projects will be graded on both form and
content
– Please refrain from formatting your paper with
pictures, watermarks, backgrounds or text
boxes
– Projects should have three parts
• Cover page
• Introduction, Body and Conclusion (Properly cited
• Reference list
– 1” margins, 12pnt, double spaced, Times New
Roman font
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Late Work
• Late Projects
• Projects are due Tuesday 11:59 pm ET of their
assigned Unit.
• There is a Late Penalty Policy for Projects if you
do not let me know the reason for the lateness or if
you don’t contact me ahead of time.
• You are responsible for understanding the late
policy – make sure you read the syllabus
thoroughly and let me know any questions you
might have
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Communication
• Communication with me is very important.
– I expect students to communicate with me if
they are having problems, questions or concerns
– Do not assume that I know what is going on!
– If you contact me about being late, expect me to
give you a new due date after which the late
penalty will apply
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Law and Ethics
• Law
– defines the minimum standards society will tolerate and is
enforced by government
• Ethics
– represents the ideal standards set and is enforced by
professional associations
• Regulation
– The legal and ethical practice of most mental health
professionals is regulated in all 50 states.
– State licensing laws establish the scope of practice of
professionals and how these laws will be enforced by
licensing boards.
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Professional Monitoring of Practice
• The major duties of regulating boards are:
– to determine standards for admission into the profession.
– to screen applicants applying for certification or licensure.
– to regulate the practice of psychotherapy for the public
good.
– to conduct disciplinary proceedings involving violations of
standards of professional conduct as defined by law.
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Ethical Decision Making: Key Terms
• Values
– beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday
living
• Ethics
– beliefs we hold about what constitutes right conduct. Ethics
are moral principles adopted by an individual or group to
provide rules for right conduct.
• Morality
– our perspectives of right and proper conduct and involves
an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader
cultural context or religious standard
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Ethical Decision Making: Key Terms
• Community standards (or mores)
– define what is considered reasonable behavior when a case
involving malpractice is litigated. They vary on
interdisciplinary, theoretical, and geographical bases.
• Reasonableness
– is the care that is ordinarily exercised by others practicing
within that specialty in the professional community.
• Professionalism
– has some relationship to ethical behavior, yet it is possible
to act unprofessionally and still not act unethically.
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Levels of Ethical Practice
• Mandatory Ethics
– level of ethical functioning wherein counselors comply
with minimal standards, acknowledging the basic “musts”
and “must nots”
– example: providing for informed consent in professional
relationships
• Aspirational Ethics
– refer to the highest professional standards of conduct to
which counselors can aspire
– example: providing services pro bono for those in the
community who cannot afford needed services
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Principle Ethics and Virtue Ethics
• Principle Ethics
– focuses on moral issues with the goal of solving a
particular dilemma and establishing a framework to guide
future ethical thinking and behavior.
– asks “Is this situation unethical?”
• Virtue Ethics
– focuses on character traits of the counselor and nonobligatory ideals
– asks “Am I doing what is best for my client?”
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Basic Moral Principles to
Guide Decision Making
• Autonomy: to promote self-determination
• Beneficence: to do good for others and promote the wellbeing of clients
• Non-maleficence: to avoid doing harm
• Justice: to be fair by giving equally to others and to treat
others justly
• Fidelity: to make realistic commitments and keep these
promises
• Veracity: to be truthful and deal honestly with clients
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Selected Models of Ethical
Decision Making
• The feminist model
– calls for maximum involvement of the client at every stage
of the process
– based on the feminist principle that power should be
equalized in the therapeutic relationship
• The transcultural integrative model
– addresses the need for including cultural factors in the
process of resolving ethical dilemmas
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Selected Models of Ethical
Decision Making
• The social constructionist model
– focuses primarily on the social aspects of decision making
in counseling
– redefines the ethical decision-making process as an
interactive rather than an individual or intrapsychic process
and places the decision in the social context itself
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Steps in Making Ethical Decisions
• The authors’ approach to thinking through ethical dilemmas:
1. Identify the problem or dilemma
2. Identify the potential issues involved
3. Review the relevant ethics codes
4. Know the applicable laws and regulations
5. Obtain consultation
6. Consider possible and probable courses of action
7. Enumerate the consequences of various decisions
8. Choose what appears to be the best course of action
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Professional Organizations and Codes of
Ethics
1. American Counseling Association (ACA): Code of Ethics,
©2005
2. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Code of
Ethics, ©2005
3. Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
(CRCC): Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation
Counselors, ©2010
4. Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC): Code
of Ethics, ©2008
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Professional Organizations and Codes of
Ethics
5. Canadian Counselling Association (CCA): Code of Ethics,
©2007
6. American School Counselor Association (ASCA): Ethical
Standards for School Counselors, ©2004
7. American Psychological Association (APA): Ethical
Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, ©2002
8. American Psychiatric Association: The Principles of Medical
Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry,
©2009
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Professional Organizations and Codes of
Ethics
9. American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA):
Ethical Guidelines for Group Therapists, ©2002
10. American Mental Health Counselors Association
(AMHCA): Code of Ethics, ©2000
11. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
(AAMFT): Code of Ethics, ©2001
12. International Association of Marriage and Family
Counselors (IAMFC): Ethical Code, ©2005
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Professional Organizations and Codes of
Ethics
13. Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW): Best
Practice Guidelines, ©2008
14. National Association of Social Workers (NASW): Code of
Ethics, ©2008
15. National Organization for Human Services: Ethical
Standards of Human Service Professionals, ©2000
16. Feminist Therapy Institute (FTI): Feminist Therapy Code
of Ethics, ©2000
17. American Music Therapy Association (AMTA): Code of
Ethics, ©2008
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