Transcript Objectives of a National Code of Ethics Framework

The Counselling Profession,
Labour Mobility and
Professional Regulation
Labour Mobility Working Group of the
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
HRSDC
CCPA
Today’s Symposium: Development of a Framework
for a National Code of Ethics
Purpose:
• To create a national template for a professional
Code of Ethics that:
– Has the flexibility to address provincial/territorial
requirements
– Provides sufficient specificity to be helpful yet with
sufficient generality to support the diversity of
counselling and psychotherapy practitioners
– Uses the areas of alignment in existing Codes of
Ethics across Canada as its foundation
Today’s Symposium: Development of a Framework
for a National Code of Ethics
Objectives of a National Code of Ethics Framework
Jean Pettifor (2004) provides a compelling argument for a
universal declaration of ethical principles for the profession of
psychology. She refers to the comparative work of Gauthier
(2002, 2003) and his findings that ethical principles and values
seem relatively consistent across the:
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Canadian Psychological Association,
American Psychological Association,
European Federation of Psychologists Association, and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Today’s Symposium: Development of a Framework
for a National Code of Ethics
Objectives of a National Code of Ethics Framework
• Pettifor’s findings (2004) are consistent with the findings of the
Project Working Group during their research into the counselling
and psychotherapy profession.
• The profession of counselling and psychotherapy shares a
scope of practice with psychologists and the Project Working
Group (2008, 2009, 2010) has found that the consistencies
across Codes of Ethics for various modalities of counselling and
psychotherapy are extensive in
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Canada,
United States,
Australia, and
United Kingdom.
Today’s Symposium: Development of a Framework
for a National Code of Ethics
Context:
• Gauthier identified common principles that anchored
Codes of Ethics internationally. These are cited in
Pettifor (2004) as:
• Respect for the dignity and rights of persons
• Caring for others and concerns for their welfare
• Competence
• Integrity
• Professional, scientific, and social responsibility
(p.
264)
Today’s Symposium: Development of a Framework
for a National Code of Ethics
Context:
• Pettifor clarifies the objectives of Codes of Ethics:
• To promote optimal behaviour by providing aspirational
principles that encourage reflection and decision making
within a moral framework, and
• To regulate professional behaviour through monitoring
and through disciplinary action against those who violate
prescriptive and enforceable standards of conduct (Sinclair
et al., 19878; Jordan & Meara, 1990; Lindsay, 1996; Pettifor, 1996; Fisher,
2003; Pack-Brown & Williams, 2003 in Pettifor, 2004, p. 264).
In Development:
Framework for National Code of Ethics
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL
COMPETENCE
PRINCIPLE
AUTONOMY
PROFESSIONAL,
SCIENTIFIC, AND
SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
AREA
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2)
Foundation of Practice
Assessment Processes
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3)
Applied Research
Supervision, Consultation,
and Education
Collegial Relationships
INTEGRITY
NONMALEFICENCE
1)
Integrity
RESPECT FOR THE
DIGNITY AND RIGHTS
OF PERSONS
BENEFICENCE
1)
Client-focused practice
JUSTICE
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Equity
SAMPLE
CONTENTS
SAMPLE
STATEMENTS
Today’s Symposium: Development of a Framework
for a National Code of Ethics
Our work today:
WHAT
• Consult with stewards
• Recommendations for research sources
• Recommendations for confirmation process
• Communication strategy
HOW
• Small group / roundtable discussions
• Recorder (chart paper)
• Reporter (oral summary of findings)
Thank you / Merci