Ethical Causes Of Homelessness

Causes of Homelessness Each night in the United States alone, around 730,000 are homeless. Most of the counts are taken at the shelters. Not all homeless people stay in shelters so it is really hard to get a close estimate on what the real count would toll (, n.d.). Homeless people can live in different places and so they are basically hidden to society. A homeless person who is sitting on a bench would not be considered homeless but in fact, they probably are. It would be nice to get an accurate count of homeless people and why they are in the situation they are so that we as a nation can start figuring out ways to help them. Homelessness is a terrible tragedy. Homeless people are human too and they have the same rights.

The first ethical standard is Beneficence and Nonmaleficence. Beneficence is striving to benefit those with whom we work and Nonmaleficence is being careful not to cause harm. The second ethical standard is Fidelity and Responsibility which means we should behave in a trustworthy manner and we should adhere to professional codes of conduct and not exploit people. The third ethical standard is Integrity. This means that we should be honest and truthful, and will not engage in fraud. The fourth ethical standard is Justice. This means to recognize that the benefits of our research, and psychological science as a whole, should be made available to all persons. The fifth ethical standard and the last is Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity. This means that all people have the right to privacy, confidentiality, and self-determination (Passer, 2014). When conducting the study of homeless people, all of these ethical standards are very important and will be

On the consent form it states that their name will never be used or given out that they will be assigned a number so that no one will get their information and everything will stay completely private. I could ease their mind by showing them a copy of the consent form that they signed to reassure them that it is totally private. The purpose of the study is to find out the variables involved in the cause of homelessness. We know that some people lose their jobs, get a divorce, or even come down with a serious illness which changes their lifestyle as they know it. Using a qualitative variable research would give me a better way to collect information on the person such as characteristics, specific responses, and general patterns of behavior (Passer, 2014). The scale of measurement I would use in creating a category for homeless people would be nominal scaling. The scale values represent only qualitative differences of the attribute of interest. I would use this scaling in order to find the percentage of how many people are homeless and what issues made them become