PSY 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Therapeutic Relationship
Document Summary
Ethics part 4: principles & dilemmas (module 8) Apply to all aspects of life as a helping professional (every day) Decisions based on prioritizing/balancing competing principles (be aware of own biases) Many codified to prevent need to re-think them every time. Assume the need to keep confidentiality, etc. One of the primary ethical dilemmas made pretty often. Primary ethic is to uphold the professional duty to act in your client"s best interest. Ex: best to be in a hospital, for the parents to know, etc. Ethics codes: (apa - psychologists - each field has its own code for ethical standards) Professional standards regarding what behavior is (1) correct, appropriate, proper, or acceptable, and (2) incorrect, inappropriate, improper, or unacceptable. Product of collective gathering and consensual validation by members of organization or professional body. Individual moral development - invested with legitimate power . Review if ethical rules are right & line up with your beliefs.
