FRHD 4310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bracketing, Piotr Gruszka, Racism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 4310
• Professor: Clare Mac Martin

Document Summary

Herlihy and corey (2015a) suggest that codes of ethics fulfill three objectives: educate professionals about sound ethical conduct, ethical standards provide a mechanism for professional accountability, codes of ethics serve as catalysts for improving practice. Primary purpose of a code of ethics = to safeguard the welfare of clients. In reality, most violations of ethics probably happen quite inadvertently in clinical practice. Rather, professional counselors should strive to integrate virtue ethics and principle ethics to reach better ethical decisions and policies. Meara and colleagues (1996) identify four core virtues prudence, integrity, respectfulness, and benevolence that are appropriate for professionals to adhere to in making ethical decisions. Community standards: what professionals actually do. (mores) community standards often become the ultimate legal criteria for determining whether practitioners are liable for damages. Community standards define what is considered reasonable behavior when a case involving malpractice is litigated. Ethics: pertains to the beliefs we hold about what constitutes right conduct (moral principles).