Assignment Task:
Ethical Decision-Making
Prior to working on this journal, review the following resources:
- ACA Ethical Standards Casebook.
- Chapter 3: The Four Values Framework: Fairness, Respect, Care and Honesty.
- Triggers and Factors Associated With Moral Distress and Moral Injury in Health and Social Care Workers: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.
- Beyond Ethical Decision Making.
- Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.
- Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals.
- Ethics and Values in the Human Services.
Using the readings and content from this week, pretend you are a human services professional working with a client named Alex, who is experiencing significant personal and financial difficulties. Alex has shared sensitive information about their struggles, and you are responsible for providing support and resources.
For this assignment, using the previously mentioned scenario:
1. Define mandatory ethics.
2. Describe one mandatory ethical standard you must follow while working with Alex.
3. Briefly describe one key ethical principle that applies to your work with Alex.
4. Describe one virtue that is important in your interaction with Alex.
5. Compare the four types of ethics in relation to your work with Alex.
6. Highlight their similarities and differences and how they guide your actions and decisions.
7. Identify one aspirational ethical goal you might strive for in your work with Alex.
8. Compares and contrasts mandatory, aspirational, principle, and virtue, along with an explanation of how they will guide decision-making.
You are encouraged to reference any applicable subject in the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) code of ethics.
The Ethical Decision-Making paper
- Must be 2 to 3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style.