COUN226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Well-Founded Relation, Therapeutic Relationship, Virtue Ethics
Document Summary
Ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. Ethics refers to the study and development of one"s ethical standards. Ethics is the conscious reflection on our moral beliefs with the aim of improving, extending or refining those beliefs in some way. Educate members of the profession about ethical conduct. Protect the profession from government, allowing the profession to regulate itself and function more. Serve as a catalyst for improving practice autonomously. Help control disagreement, promoting stability within the profession. Protect practitioners in the instance of complaints. Values: beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living. Influenced by values, which are influenced by: culture. Ethics: in this context: agreed-upon rules (based on moral principles) about good conduct established by a group (the counselling profession) professional code of ethics. Law: defines the minimum standards society will tolerate enforced by government.
