Jessica Garcia Dr. La Valle Psy-570 Ethical Practices Short Paper One: Unethical Decision Making February 18th, 2018 Ethics, as defined by White (1988), is the evaluation of human actions. In other terms, we assign judgements to behavior as right or wrong and good and bad (2016). When one does something, such as flashing, it is not tolerable in the public eye; it is deemed deviant, unorthodox, even unethical. Flashing is viewed as unethical for many reasons. A few of the reasons flashing may be viewed as unethical would be because it lacks of boundaries, it can be determined as irresponsibility, incompetence may be another factor. Lack of boundaries can lead to many unethical decisions. If boundaries are not established …show more content…
Joy ride and Mr. Royce Turbo, Dr. Joy Ride’s unethical decision came from lack of boundaries due to inadequate anticipation. Dr. Ride’s anticipation was that “a little outing just this one time would strengthen the fledgling therapeutic alliance” (2016). Her anticipation of the outing was that it would have a good result and that her new client would have more confidence and feel safer in their sessions. Before she had offered her client a spin in her new vehicle, she should have thought out the good outcomes with the bad. Dr. Ride also had no therapeutic reason to take her client out (2016). Even if the ride was to strengthen their therapy sessions and it may have seemed innocent, but it was unethical. As previously stated, lack of boundaries can lead to unethical decisions, therefore, boundaries should be established in the very beginning so there is not confusion of what can be done and what cannot be done. One instance of enforcing boundaries is reminding the client they are there to seek help, but not to be friends with their therapist while sessions are ongoing. In another scenario from the text by Koocher and Keith-Spiegel (2016), All in the Family, it …show more content…
When you accept familiar clientele, you accept not being able to break confidentiality and possibly tarnishing your familial ties. Family and friends expect more of you than your clients who do not know you outside of the room. Friends and family do not expect to have boundaries even if they become your patients, which brings me to my next point: boundaries in forensic psychology. Some families will encounter forensic psychologist if there is a mishap in there life that leads them to appear in court and in need of a forensic psychologist; friends will ask for evaluations just because they can. It is not ethical to give evaluations to either because your professional opinion should be unbiased. One of our core ethical principles states we should act benevolently (2016). To act benevolently is to “treat clients with caring and compassion while maintaining appropriate roles and boundaries (2016). Ultimately, a therapist or any psychologist of any sort should not have loose boundaries with their clients because it can lead to serious consequences and accusations. Having boundaries sets the tone of how the sessions will go. If the client is not respecting the boundaries then a referral may need to take place and if you aren’t practicing within said boundaries then more harm than good would surface from the
According to Guideline 1.06 (a) In many communities and situations, it may not be feasible or reasonable for behavior analysts to avoid social or other non-professional contacts with persons such as clients, students, supervisees, or research participants. Behavior analysts must always be sensitive to the potential harmful effects of other contacts on their work and on those persons with whom they deal (Bailey & Burch, 2011, p. 65) A situation in which a behavior analyst faced the possible development of a dual relationship will be presented, as well as the steps that were taken in an attempt to avoid it. Guideline 1.0 Responsible Conduct of A Behavior Analyst states that the behavior analyst maintains the high standards of professional behavior of the professional organization. In our assigned text, Bailey and Burch specify that you should strive to avoid social contacts with your clients because it might interfere with your objectivity as a behavior analyst (2011) in regard to Guideline 1.06 Dual Relationships and Conflicts of
There is a pressing need for a high level of worker/client boundary identification when working within a client population, however realizing a conflict of interest scenario is vitally important when facing a dual relationship with a client. There are so many issues that are faced by a human service professional, explaining all of them may be difficult. In this field there are issues such as burnout, secondary trauma, compassion satisfaction, dual relationships, and boundary issues. (Reamer, F. (2012). As human services professional or social workers there is a code of ethics. In statement 6 of the code of ethics, it states human services experts must be mindful that in their associations with customers/clients power and status are unequal. Accordingly they distinguish that double or various relationships might build the danger of damage to, or abuse of, customers, and may debilitate their expert judgment. In any case, in a few neighborhoods and circumstances it may not be achievable to escape social or other nonprofessional contact with customers. Human service professional experts...
The article “Managing boundaries under pressure: A qualitative study of therapists’ experiences of sexual attraction in therapy” states that throughout a lifetime of practice, many therapists don’t cross boundaries and the relationship is strictly professional. That leads to the questions about what strategies they use to help them during difficult situations where boundaries could be crosses. (Martin, Godfrey, Meekums, & Madill
Setting limits (building a boundary) and explaining the importance of boundaries to your client should be part of the initial assessment with the him/her. The worker should inform the client that boundaries, as well as confidentiality,
On April 24th, 2014, one simple recording released by TMZ made Donald Sterling, owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, the most hated man in America. In this recording, Sterling ranted over the fact how he did not want V. Stiviano, his partner, to be affiliated with any African Americans. As a result of his racist statements, fans, athletes, and sports organizations/members, voiced their opinions on the matter, flourishing social media. Many star players such as LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and a majority the Clippers players acknowledged that something had to be done, and that the NBA is no place for racism. In the end, after team owners took a vote, NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a press conference enlightening the public
I choose to complete my second reflection paper on chapter three: Boundary Crossing in Clinical Practice. The author starts the chapter first by mentioning seeing professionals having sexual encounters with their clients. She found it hard to understand how a professional could participate in such acts. As the author began to look at boundary she began to see she was also guilty not as heinous as some of her fellow colleagues by participating in sexual acts but unintentionally crossing certain boundaries that she was unaware to her.
When a mental health professional has a connection with a client in addition to the therapist-client relationship, then a secondary relationship is present. Boundary extensions expresses the overlapping connections between a client and therapist. Counselors ought to be cautious about such connections. For the reason being, they put themselves at risk for potential harm within a nonprofessional relationship with a former client or those close to them (Welfel, 2015). There are several risks that arise in multiple relationships that are far more complex than one might think. One of the dynamics that affects the potential for client benefit in such relationships is their emotional involvement. Client’s confidence and trust in the therapist’s knowledge,
The relationship between a therapist and their client is a very important. However, too many relationships with a client can be potentially harmful to the client as well as the therapist. American Psychological Association (APA) Codes of Ethics 3.05a deals with how to ethically handle multiple relationships. A dual or a multiple relationship exists whenever a counselor has other connections with a client in addition or in succession to the counselor–client relationship (Moleski & Kiselica, 2005). A multiple relationship occurs when any of the following happens: a psychologist enters into a professional role with a client and (1) and at the same time enters into another role with that client such as friend, sexual partner, or teacher, (2) or enter in a relationship with a person that is related or closely associated with the client, or (3) promises to enter into a relationship in the future with the client or a person closely associated or related to the client.
Workplace ethics engages in judgements and collective agreements regarding a suitable guide of behaviour. The ethical decision making framework (EDM) presents, business decision is ethical or unethical.EDM provides an indication of traditional decision making process and issues that manipulate ethical decisions. Employees tend to fraud because they can experience the unfair treatments or situation that they face. Manages may ask employee to work long hours, and then they can take additional time off. Good performance leads to remunerations and appreciation managers than workers.
The Ethical Decision Making Model is an ethical guideline that is useful in ethical dilemmas and what course of action to take. It’s a framework that allows professionals to analyze and make ethical decisions to the best of their ability. It gives counselors a protocol to determine the appropriate course of action when faced difficult challenge. These decisions are taking into account; reflect a concern for the interests and the well-being of all clients concerns. Counselors should keep in mind the Golden Rule: “Do onto others as you would want onto you”.
I would also address the boundary issues by providing up to date training to my staff; I would educate my staff on ways to maintain an effective relationship with their clients. I would also educate my staff on know what dual relationships are and ways to prevent them. If, I feel as if I cannot provide the training myself as a clinical supervisor, I would consult with an expertise. After the training, my staff would be aware of dual relationships and boundary issues; they would know how to avoid dual relationships and set clear boundaries when working in a clinical setting, in the client’s home, or out in the community. The training would be beneficial for not only the staff, but for the clients as well because the training will prevent the client from being exploited or harm by the
Multiple relationships create a conflict of interest situation, which often leads to a distorted judgment and can motivate a psychologist to act in a way that promotes their own personal interests. We, as humans, have a capacity to deceive ourself, especially when given a reason to rationalize. But above all, the client’s well-being must be the main focus of the therapy, not the psychologist’s.
...confidential information is shared without their permission, this situation can be detrimental to the client. The client may stop treatment or be passive-aggressive towards the therapist by being late of cancelling appointments with the clinician.
I find myself putting too much energy into each individual I meet and sometimes I have their problems affect my day life. To be able to overcome these boundary issues, I will establish clear boundaries with my client. Then after theses boundaries are established, I will make sure that after work I focus on needs that I have instead of my clients. These two strategies will allow me to keep my professional boundaries without offending my clients. My professional boundaries will be able to happen between my clients and myself if I am able to have my clients understand what they are and if I take care of
It is necessary to point out that not all dual relationships can be avoided. They live in a small town, and it is possible that this psychologist was the most qualified to help treat job related stress. The psychologist should have then consulted the appropriate APA guideline which states “multiple relationships that would not reasonably be expected to cause impairment or risk exploitation or harm are not unethical” (APA, 2010). Given this ethical guidelin...