What Is The Intercultural Model Of Ethical Decision Making

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Whether in school settings or other contexts, dealing with ethical and legal issues can be challenging for counselors. In many instances, the practitioner meets individuals from different backgrounds in terms of age, culture, religion, economy, and education among other factors. Each of these people have problems or needs that may be unique to their origins or not. In order to come up with effective solutions, a counselor needs to interpret the problem using the different world views including those of the clients. The counselor also needs to incorporate the underlying principles, policies or procedures in these interpretations as well as in the generation of the possible courses of actions. In fact, the proposed solutions need to be evaluated …show more content…

For one, Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making focuses on the objective facts and offers a more rational and practical approach to dealing with the issues (Remley & Herlihy, 2016). It aims at minimizing subjectivity and dealing with facts. It does not encourage the incorporation of beliefs and opinions of either party in both the identification of the problem and generation of solutions (Remley & Herlihy, 2016).
Unlike, the Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making, the Intercultural Model of Ethical Decision Making, is modern and takes the more subjective approach advocated for by modern theorists. It promotes a rather holistic than rational approach. Instead of focusing solely on facts, the Intercultural Model of Ethical Decision Making incorporates the culture, religion and different beliefs in the analysis and resolution of the ethical problem.
In the case of Marty, for example, this latter approach would evaluate how being a native of South America, living in the U.S as an immigrant, and or other aspects of his culture and religion might affect his choices and preferences. Similarly, as a counselor, it would be important to understand the differences in my culture, religion and world views might influence my interpretation of the issue and ultimate choices. What might be wrong in views, could be right in the …show more content…

From the case, Marty is facing several challenges. He has difficulties socializing and is incapable of making friends at school. He also prefers not participate in class discussions, which is a major result of the lack of socialization skills. These factors can partly be attributed also to his speech impairment. In fact, Marty may shy off from expressing his ideas because he is barely capable of making other people understand him. Coupled with the lack of confidence, the client is left susceptible to bullying by other children. Bullying, in particular, is a major problem that can be addressed using legal measures. The problem, however, is that Marty does not want the other parties to find out about his experiences. This makes it difficult to address the problem since most of the possible solutions would entail engaging the other parties involved in his life, who have contributed to them, intentionally or

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