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CPSY
Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Counseling CH1
Question | Answer |
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Respect for Autonomy | To foster self determination - clients choose their own directions, act in accordance with their beliefs, and control their own lives. |
Nonmaleficence | to do no harm |
Beneficence | provide a service to benefit society |
Justice | fair to all concerned |
Fidelity | Counselors strive to be faithful to the promises they make, such as keeping clients disclosures confidential |
Veracity | truthfulness, deal honestly with clients and others with whom they relate professionally |
Integrity | someone having stable moral values and who is faithful to those values in their actions |
Discernment | perceive ethically relevant aspects of a situation, know what principles apply, and take decisive action |
Acceptance of emotion | recognize the role of emotion in ethical decisions |
Self- awareness | to know your assumptions, convictions, and biases and how they affect relationships and interactions with others |
Interdependence with the community | realize that values cannot be espoused without awareness of context. They are connected with their communities |
Ethical decision making | Identify the problem, consider moral principals, tune in to feelings, consult colleagues & experts. Involve client, Identify desired outcomes, consider possible actions, choose and act |
Principal Ethics | based on the moral principals of the helping professions. (what should I do) |
Virtue Ethics | focus on the actor rather than the action. (who should I be) |
Aspirational Ethics | the highest standards of conduct to which counselors can aspire (best practice) |