Ethics Case Study I chose the case study 17, The Public Needs to Know. Don’t They? This case is about the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) laws of privacy. These laws state the following “Any healthcare provider that electronically stores, processes or transmits medical records, medical claims, remittances, or certifications must comply with HIPAA regulations. HIPAA does not require a practice to purchase a computer-based system as it applies only to electronic medical transactions.
What guidelines should be applied to the evaluation of psychological research and practices? What ethical dilemmas might arise in psychological research and how might they be avoided? Guidelines were set forth and applied to the evaluation of the research and practices of psychology to establish values, maintain moral boundaries for the respect of the person’s rights and dignity, and analyze the specific needs based on the client. Every client has different needs and by identifying the circumstances and it should be an essential guideline to make the necessary adjustments when performing psychological research and practices. Making adjustments to the client’s needs should also configure in with the guidelines, rules and the law.
When conducting social research it is important for sociologists to consider the range of ethical factors that they might face, as failure to do so may affect the participants or even the overall outcome of the sociological data. From the informed consent of participants to covert research, it is essential to examine the most important ethical issues as they play an important part in the construction of research data. An ethical problem that could be encountered by sociologists when conducting research is the issue of informed consent. Informed consent is given when the participants of the study agree to the terms and conditions of the true aim of the study. However, some results may be invalidated by the participants knowing either the true aim of the study or the fact that they are being studied at all.
Ethics Codes Comparison Paper: Code of Ethics Comparison between AACC and ACA Cheryl Walsh Liberty University Abstract The American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) both make provision for an understanding of ethical practices in counseling through their code of ethics. The codes of ethics presented by both are to provide clarity of ethical practices that protect not only the client but the counselor and the profession of counseling as well. This report will identify similarities and differences between the AACC and ACA code of ethics in general as well as three specific ethical topics chosen by the author. The three topics addressed in this report will be client confidentiality, sexual intimacy between client and counselor, and referral of clients to another counselor or agency. Code of Ethics Comparison between AACC and ACA When considering similarities and differences of ethical codes one should perhaps begin by clarifying what ethics are as well as the purpose of a code of ethics.
Ethical Considerations Thinking before we act or speak is crucial while in the workplace. It is important that the words we say and the actions we demonstrate pose neither threat or harm to those on the receiving end of them. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), Standard 8.08, section (a), “Psychologists provide a prompt opportunity for participants to obtain appropriate information about the nature, results,
In order for a protocol to qualify for exemption, all of the following criteria must be fulfilled: 1) the research cannot pose greater than minimal risk to participants, 2) the research cannot involve a vulnerable subject population (e.g., children, prisoners, pregnant women), 3) the research must fit into one of the categories of exemption outlined on the second page of the IRB application. Exempt status is conferred by the Office of Graduate Studies & Research prior to data collection after the investigator has submitted all of the required supporting documents. These may include a complete protocol narrative, agreements from participating institutions, data instruments, and information on how informed consent will be obtained, when applicable
The Security rule guard all identifiable medical information a covered entity receives, creates, transmits or maintains in electronic form (Summary of the HIPAA security rule, n.d.). This is called electronic protected health information. The security rule does not cover any personal health information that is transmitted in writing or orally (Summary of the HIPAA security rule, n.d.). The security rule covers any information received or created by the laboratory in the process of running tests and processing results. Should the information be transmitted to an electronic medical record or sent via email to a physician or patient the information is protected.
Ethical Issues in Psychological research This piece of writing will discuss ethical guidelines governing practical research on humans and animals and explore ethical issues resulting from a selection of previous research studies. The British Psychological Society (BPS) produced ethical guidelines for Britain concerning the use of humans and non-human animals participating in practical research (The British Psychological Society, 2013). Anyone conducting practical research on humans or animals must be aware of these codes of conduct. A study carried out by Carney Landis (Landis, 1929) is an example of an unethical experiment when relating it to the BPS guidelines for psychologists working with animals (The British Psychological Society, 2012). The aim of the study was to see if people create similar facial expressions to certain emotions.
Ethics also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of questions of right and wrong and how we ought to live. Ethics involves making moral judgments about what is right or wrong, good or bad. Right and wrong are qualities or moral judgments we assign to actions and conduct. (Ethics and criminal justice). When it comes to the criminal justice field, ethics signify ‘a value system’ or ‘a set of moral principles’ (Braswell, McCarthy, & McCarthy, 2008).
Health Care Ethics: Personal Ethics Reflection In this personal reflection paper I am going to analyze the ethical theories and principles that are most consistent with my own views and assist me in my own ethical decisions. The two that are most reflective of my decision process are the deontological ethics and the virtue ethics. This paper will go on to discuss the two theories of Communitarian and Utilitarianism and explain why they are the least consistent with my own perspectives. There will also be discussion about why I feel the ethical principle of respect for persons is most important to me and how I would handle a situation when this respect is threatened by paternalism. My Personal Ethical Theories Immanuel Kant argued that moral requirements are based on a standard of rationality (Johnson, 2012).