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This will prevent oversimplification, and allow counselors to confront complex issues more effectively. As for the "health and well-being of the self" issue, the author is saying that counselors cannot do their best at helping others unless they take care of themselves with proper diet, exercise, meditation or prayer, self-reflection to promote self-integration, and the study of integral theory. This recommended approach to self-care is called "Integral Life Practice (ILP). A final key concept is the idea of considering the importance of the developmental perspective of the counselor when explaining ethical codes of conduct; in other words, what developmental lines or life questions are at play (cognitive, self, values, morals) when a particular counselor is confronting ethical concerns? And how does his or her developmental level in these different areas affect their approach to the ethical concerns? In other words, like intelligence, professional and personal development consists of various "lines" that can differ greatly within one person. An important question to ask, and another key concept presented is: is the counselor operating on a high level of ethical functioning -- the aspirational level, or on a low-level of functioning -- the mandatory level?
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The implications of the article, if taken seriously, are that counselors have greater responsibilities than previously believed toward themselves, other counselors, and clients with respect to taking the time to be healthy in mind, body, and spirit, as well as taking the time to fully examine ethical issues from a multi-quadrant perspective. The author also implies that if this article is not taken seriously, counselors will fail to be the best "helpers" they can be -- they may be acting at a developmental stage lower than required as a result of not facing their own "shadow," they are at risk of oversimplifying ethical issues, and therefore at risk of making erroneous decisions with respect to clients and ethics.
The author's main viewpoints are that post conventional attitudes and actions with respect to ethical dilemmas should be followed and practiced, and that there is a need for a formal ethical decision-making process (such as the four-quadrant integral theory and corresponding method) to guide this practice and complement other decision-making models for a fully integrated approach.
Code of Ethics Comparison Ethical codes are those regulations put by an organization or association to enable them to make a clear decision on understanding what is wrong or right and hence applying this understanding to make informed decisions. There is three main classification of ethical codes, they include code of ethics for corporate or businesses, code of conduct for employees, code of practice (professional ethics). Code of ethics in business focuses
Code of Ethics - Assessment After reading thoroughly through the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics document, there was one aspect that I found really surprising. The overall structure of the document was very naive or somewhat ordinary. It had separated heading and each heading had at least 4-5 lines of description. I found this particular structure to be a very immature approach to presenting facts on Counseling Ethics and their
..) shall not make malicious or intentionally false statements about a colleague, shall not use coercive means or promise special treatment to influence professional judgment of colleagues" (Florida Education Standards Commission, n.d.). Therefore, it is obvious that the field of activity of education is much more concerned with the interpersonal relation between the student and the teacher, thus between human beings, than any other field of work. This is why
Ethics for Counselors: Two Case Vignettes Case 1: What are the issues John is facing? What would an ethical counselor do? John is facing a serious issue of confidentiality. Nilusha is a minor who has admitted to drug use to John. It is not minor drug use either—but weekly use of cocaine and methamphetamines. This is a serious issue that has to be addressed. When Nilusha’s parents call to ask what is
AAMFT Code of Ethics Is it enough to know and follow the AAMFT Code of Ethics? Why or why not? Yes, it is enough to know and follow American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) code of ethics. AAMFT codes of ethics set standard for the ethical practice in the therapeutic profession which guides the conducts of therapists. Typically, AAMFT ethical standard defines the professional expectations that marriage and family therapists
However, a different kind of problem may arise, when the counselor himself was a user and an addict, and has recovered fully from his addictions, to move on to become a legal counselor of others like him. (NIDA, Introduction and overview) Take for example, the case of when a drug abuse and substance abuse counselor was among the fifteen people who were arrested recently in Harlem. The police charged this