Ethical Decision Making Process

Ethical Decision-Making

Paul comes to an agency with many difficulties and anxieties, one which is his antipathy toward interracial marriage. He expresses disappointment in his daughter and in himself as a father because of her engagement to a man of another race. Paul has gone as far as threatening to disinherit her if she marries this man. What the client does not know is that the social worker is in an interracial marriage as well. The therapist says she is willing to work with him but discloses that she herself is in an interracial marriage.

During the initial interview with the client the therapist expresses that she her self is in an interracial relationship. The correspondence between an individual’s values and the values of an organization can be called “person-organizational fit” or “congruence” ( Elango et al., 2010). The therapist expresses a part of her values when she states she is in an interracial relationship and asks if the client would still like her help. The therapist is fully disclosing in formation that might or might not determine a bad outcome. At all times the therapist must not engage in personal feelings towards the client.

There are seven steps with in the decision making model. The first step is to identify the problem. Paul is not very fond of interracial marriages is the major concern. Paul has also threatened to disown his daughter for this interracial marriage. The second step is to apply the dilemma to the ACA Code of Ethics. Interracial marriage debates have been going on for years.

This dilemma is more complex and a resolution within the Code of Ethics does not seem apparent. This requires further steps in the ethnical decision making process. The third step is to determine the nature and dim...

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...s the therapists’ job to make sure the client is aware of all the obstacles and laws before beginning therapy. The client must be able to perform the duties that are set forth and vice versa. Each person must contribute to the progression of the clients and the relationship that is being built during ther

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