1Listen to the audio lecture while viewing these slidesPsychology 475Professional Ethics in Addictions Counseling1Issues and Ethics in the Helping ProfessionsCorey, Corey, and CallananChapter 12Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingProfessional Ethics• Professional organizations have established codes of ethics that provide broad guidelines for substance abuse counselors. 3Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingProblems a counselor may encounter when striving towards an ethically responsible practice• Issues cannot be handled solely by ethics codes.• Codes lack clarity and precision.• Learning the ethics will not prepare counselors for ethical practice.4Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingMore problems• Ethics codes are designed more to protect professionals than to protect clients.• Conflicts sometimes emerge within ethics codes.• Ethics codes tend to be reactive rather than proactive.5Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingMore problems• Personal values may conflict with a specific standard.• Codes may conflict with institutional polices and practices.6Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingHerlihy and Corey (1966) suggest the code of ethics fulfill three objectives:• 1. To educate professionals about sound ethical conduct.• 2. Ethical standards provide a mechanism for professional accountability.• 3. Code of ethics serve as a catalyst for improving practice.27Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingEthics: Codes and the Law• Law: The minimum standards society will tolerate; these standards are enforced by government.8Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingProfessional Monitoring of Practice9Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingEthical Decision Making•Key terms:• Values: beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living.• Ethics: beliefs we hold about what constitutes right conduct. • Morality: perspectives of right and proper conduct.10Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingMore key terms• Ethics: represents aspirational goals, or the maximum or ideal standards set by the profession, and they are enforced by professionals associations, national certification boards, and government boards that regulate professions.11Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingMore key terms• Ethical conduct: the combination of knowledge and a clear conception of the philosophical principles and underlying ethical codes. • Community Standards (or mores): vary on a interdisciplinary, theoretical, and geographical basis.12Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingLevels of Ethical Practice• Mandatory Ethics: Counselors merely act in compliance with minimal standards.• Aspirational Ethics: the highest standards of conduct to which professional counselors can aspire.313Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingPrinciple Ethics and Virtue Ethics• Principle Ethics •Virtue Ethics14Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingFour Core Virtues•Prudence•Integrity• Respectfulness • Benevolence15Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingCharacteristics of Virtuous Professionals• Motivated to do what is right• Possess vision and discernment• Possess self-awareness• Understand the mores of their community16Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingBasic Moral Principles• Basic Moral Principles that form the foundation of functioning at the highest ethical level as a professional• Autonomy: promotion of self-determination• Nonmaleficience: avoiding harm17Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingMore moral principles• Beneficence: promoting good for others• Justice: fairness• Fidelity: honor their commitments• Veracity: truthfulness18Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingWhen making ethical decisions ask yourself:• “What values should I rely on?”• “What values do I hold?”• “How do my values affect my work with clients?”• “Why do I hold certain values?”419Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingFeminist Model Hill, Glaser, and Harden (1995) :• 1. Recognize a problem• 2. Defining the problem• 3. Developing solutions• 4. Choose a solution• 5. Reviewing the process • 6. Implementing and evaluating• 7. Continuing reflection20Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingSocial Constructivism Model:• A. Obtain information• B. Assess the nature of the relationship• C. Consult valued colleagues• D. Negotiate when there is a disagreement• E. Respond in a way that allows for a reasonable consensus21Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingAuthors model:• 1. Identify problem• 2. Identify potential issues involved• 3. Review relevant ethics codes• 4. Know applicable laws and regulations• 5. Obtain consultation22Psyc 475 – Professional Ethics in Addictions CounselingAuthors model continued• 6. Consider possible and probable courses of action• 7. Enumerate consequences of various decisions• 8. Decide on what appears to be the best course of