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- author "Rachel"
- tags "Ethics and legal issues in Counseling"
- folders ""
- description "Ethics vocabulary"
- fileName "Ethics vocabulary"
- Ethics
- Ideal standards set by a profession
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Law
Rules that govern people within a community, what the government says we can and cannot do.
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Values
Beliefs and attitudes that give direction to life.
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Morality
Perspectives of right and wrong
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Community standards
Criteria set by a community - what's professional and appropriate
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Reasonableness
Care that is usually given by others in a profession
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Professionalism
Behavior expected of a professional person
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Unethical
Professional behavior that violates the code of ethics for that profession.
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Mandatory ethics
The basics of the code of ethics within a profession - minimal standards.
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Aspirational ethics
The highest standards of thinking and behavior - going above and beyond the minimum ethics standards.
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Principle ethics
Set of obligations and methods that focus on moral issues to solve a problem and establish a framework to guide future ethical thinking and behavior.
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Virtue ethics
Character traits of the counselor and ideals that professionals aspire..."am I doing what is best for the client"
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Pro bono
Providing a service w no expectations of financial gain
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Autonomy
The freedom of clients to pick their own direction.
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Non-maleficence
Avoiding harm...do no harm.
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Beneficence
Promoting good for others
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Justice
The moral principle of striving to be fair by giving equally to others.
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Fidelity
Moral principle- professionals make honest promises and keep the promises.
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Veracity
Moral principle- professionals seek to be truthful, honest, and accurate.
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Self-care
Taking adequate care of ourselves so that we can implement virtues and ethical principles.
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Social constructionist model of ethical decision makimg
Focuses on social aspects of decision making in counseling
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Feminist model
Emphasizes equalization of power and striving for maximum involvement of the client at every stage
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Transcultural integrative ethical decision making model
Emphasizes the need for including cultural factors when solving ethical decisions
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Expriential learning
Giving students opportunities to share life experience, values, and personal concerns in a group setting
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Transference
Client's unconscious shifting to the therapist negative or positive feelings, attitudes, and fantasies rom another person in the client's life
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Counter-transference
Projections by the therapist that distort the way they see and react to the client...therapists unconscious emotional response to the client.
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Stress
An event(s) leading to strain which leads to mental and physical health problems
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Empathy fatigue
Common to professionals who treat survivors of stressful/traumatic events.
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