Transcript Ethical and Legal Issues

Ethical Issues in Career
Development Interventions
Chapter 14
Classifying Practitioner Behavior
• Ethical and
Legal
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• Ethical and
Illegal
• Unethical and
Legal
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• Unethical and
Illegal
Ethical “Rules of Thumb”
• Dual relationships with the potential to
exploit client trust and vulnerability are
unethical.
• Consult with professional colleagues who
understand career interventions when
unsure about how to resolve a dilemma.
• Be aware of client’s values and those
imbedded in career intervention models.
Ethical Dilemmas vs. Moral
Temptations
• Kidder (1995) contends that an ethical
dilemma occurs only in instances when
there are competing “rights” or there is a
struggle to determine the “least bad” course
of action.
Using Principles to Resolve
Ethical Decisions
• Van Hoose (1986) recommended that
counselors use ACA’s five principles to
guide their ethical practice:
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Autonomy
Nonmaleficence
Beneficence
Justice
Fidelity (Herlify & Corey, 1996, p. 4-5)
Additional Principles
• Beauchamp and Childress (1995) identified
additional relevant principles to guide
professional-client relationships:
– Veracity: Tell the truth and do not lie or
deceive others.
– Privacy: Allow individuals to limit access to
information about themselves.
– Confidentiality: Allow individuals to control
access to information they have shared.
Relevant Ethical Codes for
Career Practitioners
• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• National Career Development Association
(NCDA)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• International Association of Educational
and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG)
• National Board for Certified Counselors
(NBCC)
Strategies for Minimizing
Insensitivity to Clients’ Values
• Become informed about variety of values
held in society.
• Be aware of your own values.
• Present value options to clients in an
unbiased manner.
• Be committed to client’s freedom of choice.
Strategies for Minimizing
Insensitivity, continued
• Respect clients with values that differ from
your own.
• Consult with others when necessary.
• Consider referring clients to another
counselor when substantial moral, religious
or political value differences exist.
Special Ethical Challenges
• Are all individual career interventions
counseling?
• Should those without traditional training
and credentials provide career services?
• How should the Internet be used in career
development interventions?
Reasons for Using the Internet in
Career Service Delivery (current NCDA
guidelines)
• To deliver occupational information
• To provide online searches of occupational
databases for the purpose of identifying
occupational options
• To deliver interactive career counseling and
career planning services
• To provide online job searches
Six Sections of NCDA Ethical
Standards
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Section A - General
Section B - The Counseling Relationship
Section C - Measurement and Evaluation
Section D - Research and Publication
Section E - Consulting
Section F - Private Practice
Ethical Standards and Ethical
Practice for Career Counselors
• Offer only services they are competent to
offer.
• Respect and value individual differences
among clients and potential clients.
• Treat information received from and about
clients as owned by the client and held in
trust by the counselor.
Ethical Standards, continued
• Do not engage in any professional
relationship in which the counselor’s
objectivity and ability to work for client’s
welfare might be impaired.
• Assume professional responsibility for
clients and, if unable to assist, help the
client obtain alternative services.
Ethical Standards, continued
• Recognize they have obligations to other
members of the profession and to society to
act in responsible ways and to consider the
effects of their behavior on others.