Find or relate to me (using a personal experience) an ethical issue dilemma (jus

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Find or relate to me (using a personal experience) an ethical issue dilemma (just one) of the type. NO POLITICS. BUSINESS RELATED ONLY. You may go back up to 5 years in time for a worthy news article.

Required:

- Summarize the article and note for me the ethical issue

- be specific

- note some of the decision making foundational values at play in this ethical situation

- explain how they relate,

- list the stakeholders and

- tell me what you know or consider would be the outcome. 250 Words minimum.

Explanation / Answer

Learning Objectives

This is a beginning to intermediate level course. Upon completion of this course, mental health professionals will be able to:

List six core values for keeping one’s practice ethically healthy.
Describe five types of unethical mental health professionals.
Explain why making ethical decisions is even more critical today to professional survival.
Utilize a step-by-step strategy in making ethical decisions.
Discuss personal and situational influences on how decisions are made.
Improve ethical decisions under behavioral emergency and crisis conditions.
Follow appropriate steps for handling an unethical act engaged in by a supervisee or a colleague.
Authors’ Note: With very few exceptions, all case scenarios presented in this course are adapted from actual incidents. We use improbable names throughout to enhance interest and ensure that the identities of all parties are not discernible. It is not our intention to trivialize the seriousness of the issues. As part of our disguising process we also randomly assign various professional designations and earned degrees or licensure status. Also, for ease of presentation, we use the terms “therapist” or “mental health professional” throughout to refer to anyone delivering psychotherapy or counseling services to clients.

The materials in this course are based on current published ethical standards and the most accurate information available to the authors at the time of writing. Many ethical challenges arise on the basis of highly variable and unpredictable contextual factors. This course material will equip mental health professionals to gain a basic understanding of core ethical principles and standards related to the topics discussed and to ethical decision making generally, but cannot cover every possible circumstance. When in doubt, we advise consultation with knowledgeable colleagues and/or professional association ethics committees.

Outline

INTRODUCTION
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND VIRTUES UNDERLYING GOOD PRACTICE DECISIONS
WHO ARE THE UNETHICAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS?
The Unaware or Misinformed
The Incompetent or Undertrained
The Insensitive
The Exploitive
The Irresponsible
The Vengeful
The Self-Serving Rationalizers
Therapists without Boundaries
The Burned-out, Vulnerable, or Otherwise Impaired
Therapists Who Momentarily Slip
RISK AWARENESS
Practicing Defensive Ethics: Risk Management
Practicing Vigilant Ethics: A More Positive Approach
Warning Signs
Risky Conditions
ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING
A Suggested Decision-making Strategy
Ethical Decision-making Under Behavioral Emergency and Crisis Conditions
Clients at Special Risk for Crises
Preparing for Crises in Advance
Crises in the Therapist’s Life
INFORMAL PEER MONITORING
Hints for Engaging in Collegial Intervention
When an Informal Resolution May Fail
INTRODUCTION

Human service practitioners will have no choice but to make decisions with possible ethical consequences at some point in their career. The decision could be about your own conduct or about that of another. Some decisions will be easy because the guidelines are clear and the matter itself is inappropriate but no harm will likely result. Others may be more difficult because the guidelines or circumstances are unclear and the wrong decision could carry consequences for others or yourself. Every now and again an issue of monstrous proportions may surface that affects you directly. For example, a client unexpectedly commits suicide or threatens or sues you, or a colleague damages your reputation. You may confront a situation that offers no choice but to make decisions with ethical implications under ambiguous circumstances.

Your own life may feel out of control (e.g., messy divorce, severe economic downturn, or addiction). Confusion, pressure, frustration, anxiety, conflicting loyalties, insufficient information, and the tendency to rationalize are common responses to ethical challenges at these times. Such reactions complicate matt

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