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MACP51190
MACP51190 - Professional Counseling Ethics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Values | Values pertains to beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living, whereas. |
| Ethics | represents aspirational goals, or the maximum or ideal standards set by the profession, practiced through your professional behavior |
| Morality | is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actionson the basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard. |
| Community standards | The standard for a counselor’s social contact with clients may be different in a large urban area than in a rural area, or between practitioners employing a humanistic versus a behavioral approach. |
| Professionalism | has some relationship to ethical behavior, yet it is possible to act unprofessionally and still not act unethically. |
| Mandatory Ethics | describes a level of ethical functioning wherein counselors act in compliance with minimal standards, acknowledging the basic “musts” and “must nots.” The focus is on behavioral rules, such as providing for informed consent in professional relationships. |
| Aspirational ethics | describes the highest standards of thinking and conduct professional counselors seek, and it requires that counselors do more than simply meet the letter of the ethics code. |
| Positive Ethics | focuses not only on how professionals can harm clients but on how therapists can do better at helping clients. |
| form the foundation of functioning at the highest ethical level as a professional: | professional: autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity. Applying these ethical principles and the related ethical standards is not as simple as it may seem, especially when dealing with culturally diverse populations and social justice concerns. |
| Autonomy | refers to the promotion of self-determination, or the freedom of clients to be self-governing within their social and cultural framework. |
| Nonmaleficence | means avoiding doing harm, which includes refraining from actions that risk hurting clients. Professionals have a responsibility to minimize risks for exploitation and practices that cause harm or have the potential to result in harm. The APA (2017) principle of beneficence and nonmaleficence states: Psychologists strive to benefit thosewith whom they workand take care to do no harm. (Principle A) |
| Beneficence | refers to doing good for others and to promoting the well-being of clients. Beneficence also includes concern for the welfare of society and doing good for society. |
| Justice | means to be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly. Practitioners have a responsibility to provide appropriate services to all clients and to treat clients fairly. Everyone, regardless of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability, socioeconomic status, cultural background, religion, or sexual orientation, is entitled to equal access to mental health services. |
| Fidelity | means that professionals make realistic commitments and do their best to keep these promises. This entails fulfilling one’s responsibilities of trust in a relationship. Fidelity involves loyalty to clients and to making their welfare of primary concern. ACA’s (2014) Code of Ethics encourages counselors to inform clients about counseling and to be faithful in keeping commitments made to clients: |
| Veracity | means truthfulness, which involves the practitioner’s obligation to deal honestly with clients. Unless practitioners are truthful with their clients, the trust required to form a good working relationship will not develop. Veracity encompasses being truthful in all of our interactions, not just with our clients but also with our colleagues. |
| self-care | which involves taking adequate care of ourselves so that we are able to implement the moral principles and virtues that are fundamental ethical concepts. |
| The six (6) fundemential moral principles | autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity |
| Microagressions | : microassault, microinsult, and microinvalidation. A microassault is an explicit derogation characterized by either a verbal or nonverbal attack that is designed to hurt the victim through name-calling, avoidance, or intentional discriminatory acts. Microinsults are rude and insensitive comments that demean a person’s heritage and identity. Microinvalidations are characterized by communications that negate, exclude, or nullify the thoughts, feelings, or realities of a person. |
| PDP's | professional development plans (PDPs) |
Created by:
KimSchroeder