CYC 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Virtue Ethics, The Counselor, Five Virtues

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 401
• Professor: Lisa Pena- Sabanal

Document Summary

Potentially harmful relationships: professional issues are technical, procedural, or cultural standards that members of the profession are expected to accept as part of their practice. Trustworthiness-- acting and following through on commitment even in the face of difficulty. Respectfulness-- avoiding action that diminishes a person"s dignity or rights. Shared beliefs that guide our ethical reasoning include the following: autonomy, nonmaleficience, beneficence. Justice: fidelity, veracity, decision making model to help when encountering dilemmas. Synthesis of a basic decision making model follows: develop ethical sensitivity to the moral dimensions of counseling, identify and define the problem. Those unpleasant feelings may be a warning: most of the decision making models can be condensed into the abc"s. A assess the options: elvis, e---ethical principles, l--- law and policies, v---values. I---information: s--- paying attention to ethical standards and practice standards. The overlap in these rights highlights some of the unique concerns that arise when counseling children.