It serves five main purposes: 1) clarifying the nature of ethical responsibilities to its members, 2) helping support the mission of the association, 3) establishing principles that define ethical behavior and best practices, 4) serves as an ethical guide to help members construct a professional course of action and 5) serves as a basis for processing ethical complaints and inquiries (American Counseling Association (ACA), 2005). However, they should be considered by counselors in arriving at a professional and ethical course of action. The Ethical Standards are set enforceable rules for conduct of counselors. Most of these standards are written so they apply to counselors that have various roles within the field. The ACA enforces members and student residents to comply with the standards of their ethics code and the procedures and rules that are used to enforce them.
In group or family counseling the counselor has to express the limits of confidentiality. In both code of ethics, there are limitation of confidentiality, such as child abuse, elderly abuse, and harm to other or
Cultural Immersion Project Part 2 Shanelle P Warren Liberty University Abstract In this paper, we will discovery several of real life situation that any therapist could find his or herself involved in. Understand the different ways to handle each situations. Working as a mental Health professional it is very important that we protect our patients. In order to protect them we have to understand what our state policy are regarding our patients confidentiality, privilege, reporting, and duty to warn. Make sure our patients are aware of the police before starting any therapy session.
The duty of confidentiality shall continue after the client-lawyer relationship has terminated. And the maximum penalty for violating this rule is public reprimand. 4) Under what circumstances should a lawyer terminate his representation of a client? a. If the client demands that the lawyer engages in conduct that is illegal
credits authors for factual statements. A reference page is included at the end of the article for researchers to use as needed. When stating what the research purpose is, writers should clearly and logically flow from this idea throughout the article. Lin et al. states that they will test their hypothesis by placing different clients in either the forgiveness therapy or the alcohol and drug counseling programs.
Assignment 1: Application of the Normative Ethical Theories For this assignment, I have chosen Case 1.2. This case deals with a psychiatrist, Dr. Smith, in private practise who works with child abusers. He feels client confidentiality is paramount in being able to treat these people effectively and as a result does not report the abuse to the authorities, nor does he mention anything about child abuse in the client’s records. The question the study guide asks us to consider is “Is Dr. Smith’s confidentiality policy morally justifiable.” This takes a look at his overall actions. Simpler questions would be “Is Dr. Smith’s intentional practise of omitting important information relevant to his client’s treatment ethical?” or “Is Dr. Smith’s failure to report his client’s actions to the authorities morally justifiable?” Both would be good questions, but I believe the question the study guide asks us to consider embrace both of these questions.
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.
In case of both organizations, the professional and ethical guidelines for ACA and AMHCA, clients and professional counselors have clear cut boundaries, safety and confidentiality of the clients' particular information and everything discussed in the sessions, are confidential for counselors to keep as such, clients cannot have romantic relationship with professionals. Furthermore, professionally, counselors must be qualified for licensure and continue getting revised licensure as well as continue their advanced certification and education to better serve clients. ACA covenant calls for all counselors to be able to indicate cultural competency and not impose their own values and beliefs onto their clients. Any psychological / mental health
Anything more, however, runs the risk of giving legal advice and constitutes the unauthorized practice of law. The close working relationship between lawyers and paralegals creates problems in this area. A client who is aware of the relationship between the paralegal and the lawyer may rely on statements by the paralegal just as if they came from the lawyer (http://www.netplaces.com/paralegal/ethics-and-professional-responsibility/unauthorized-practice-of-law.htm). The client does not differentiate between a paralegal who is offering her own opinion (improper) and a paralegal who is relaying advice from the attorney to the client (proper). To the client, it is all legal advice.
Ahmed 1 Sami Ahmed Professor Grannis English 112 7 December 2008 The Medias Affect on Teenagers The rise of violence and sexual activity in teenagers has placed the entertainment industry under scrutiny. Parents blame the industry for exposing their children to inappropriate content at a tender age. The industry has argued that the rating system at place should give the parents control over the content viewed by their children. Now let us find out whether the content of the media has an affect on teenagers? Or if it is the parent’s responsibility to regulate what teens watch?