ASHA code of Ethics, Principle of Ethics II deals primarily with individual maintenance in relation to one’s profession. Rules of Ethics B specifically states that an individual who does not hold his or her Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) cannot practice clinical services; yet one who is in the process of acquiring this certificate can if in abidance with local and state laws. A practicing certified speech-language pathologist may be in violation of this ethic if his or her CCC has expired and he or she has not begun the reinstatement process. He or she may also be in violation if the reinstatement process has begun, but the state does not allow practice without a current CCC. A vital part of professionalism is keeping up-to-date
As a social work undergraduate, we have several queries regarding why it is so important to follow the NASW code of Ethics and values that relate to human diversity, with regard for the worth and dignity of all persons, as applied to a specific case where we are delivering social work. It is very essential to recognize the five core values of social work, service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, and integrity and competence on our occupation of social work. Today, we have chosen two areas and situations of how we are going to deal with our biases and our challenges while working as social workers, by employing the NASW code of Ethics and values that relate to human diversity, with regard for the worth and dignity of all persons.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss and call the attention to the fact that there are genera differences and similarities in the Code of Ethics of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Code of Ethics of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). In addition, discuss due diligence the counselor has to the client, the focus will be on sexual intimacy, fees and records. There will also be a contrast of the three aspects as well. Counselors have an ethical responsibility to the clients when it come sexual intimacy, fees, and records. The goal is to shed some light on the differences. The outcome is to make sure that all
Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, in Roanoke, Virginia and she died due to complications of cervical cancer on October 4, 1951.She had been receiving treatment at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. At the hospital she was treated with radium tube inserts, which is said to be the standard treatment for cervical cancer in 1951. As a matter of routine, samples of her cervix were removed without permission. Henrietta was 31 years old when she died. In this time it was customary for doctors and researchers to remove cells from a person for testing. Likewise cells were taken from Henrietta. The problem was that the cells were
The author presented the background of how the ASCE code of ethics has developed. The first ASCE code was primary emphasis on the members relationships and the it revised to include the obligation of the engineer to promote health, safety, and welfare of the public. In this article, the author comes up with a new code of ethics and accompanying guidelines to professional practice. He suggested ways in which the corresponding ASCE committees can follow to update the current version of the code of ethics and the guidelines to professional practice. The author suggested code of ethic and guidelines to professional practice in which regulates the relationship among fellow professionals, clients, and the public. He shows that the ASCE needs to put
First adopted in 1914, the code of ethics for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is the model for professional conduct for all ASCE members. The code of ethics is an excellent model as it is broken down into eight canons for further understanding. The purpose of each canon is to serve as a guide and reminder for professional engineers that they are to have the moral and ethical integrity the profession calls for at all times while holding safety paramount. The ASCE code of ethics is very informative and insightful because although each canon does not go into great depth, the canons leave room for interpretation under different situations.
The preamble and general principles purpose is the introduction of the guidelines of the code of ethics. The values and the main ideals of the discipline (Fisher, 2013). The standard for what is allowed and what is considered unacceptable.
The moral code of ethics as healthcare professionals is we have a responsibility and a moral code to our patients and the others we serve and they are: “Work to ensure the existence of a process to evaluate the quality of care or service rendered; to avoid practicing or facilitating discrimination and institute safeguards to prevent discriminatory organizational practices; work to ensure the existence of a process that will advise patients or others served of the rights, opportunities, responsibilities and risks regarding available healthcare services; work to ensure that there is a process in place to facilitate the resolution of conflicts that may arise when values of patients and their families differ from those of employees and physicians; demonstrate zero tolerance for any abuse of power that compromises patients or others served; work to provide a process that ensures the autonomy and self-determination of patients or others served; work to ensure the existence of procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality and privacy of patients or others served; and work to ensure the existence of an ongoing process and procedures to review, develop and consistently implement evidence-based clinical practices throughout the organization.” (American College of Healthcare Executives, 2015)
The code of ethics and conduct is a written set of rules and regulations that provides guidance to employees of an organization on how to conduct themselves and carry out their duties in line with the organization’s principles. The code of ethics and conduct is also be backed up by suitable disciplinary actions. A code of ethics and conducts helps employees deal with ethical issues and other gray areas that they face as they execute their daily activities. An effective code of ethics and conduct is required for an organization to run smoothly and maintain a positive image. Having an ineffective code of ethics and conduct is almost like having none.
There are many ethical codes and guidelines a supervisor should follow. One of the most important ethical codes refers to competency. The American Counseling Association (2014) and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) (2011) both reiterate the importance of competency professionally as a counselor and supervisor. Counselors are only to practice within their scope of competence. This is based on the counselor’s education, training, experience, and credentials (ACA, 2014). This includes experience and training as a supervisor. The ACES (2011) stated supervisors should only provide supervision for supervisees and clients that fall within their scope of training and expertise. The supervisor should be continually engaged in education to ensure continually competency (ACES, 2011). Competency is important because acting outside one’s level of competency puts the supervisor’s career at risk, can harm the supervisee, harm the client, and raise liability issues.
"Our results indicate that the informal methods ("manager sets an example" or "social norms of the organization") are likely to yield greater commitment with respect to both employee attitudes than formal methods ("training courses on the subject of ethics") (Adam, et al, 2004).
2. Advocacy: Since a public relations professional works as an advocate for the public, it is important to provide the public with pertinent information so that people can make informed decisions. For instance, when presenting information to the public, it's important to provide views from different sides and/or people, as well as all of the relevant facts.
However, all of the codes are developed from a set of out outlined principles, and that collection of principles is very much essential to overall framework of the ethical guidelines laid out by the ACA. The principles include autonomy, nonmaleficence , beneficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity (ACA, 2014). Depending on an individual’s point of view, not all ethical dilemmas are easily understood or resolved; furthermore, ethical considerations may be different for different individuals in very similar situations. Some of the codes within the Code of Ethics are ambiguous, leaving room for interpretation. For example, Code A.6.b in the Code of Ethics, regarding the extension of counseling boundaries, states, “Counselors consider the risks and benefits of extending current counseling relationships beyond conventional parameters,” (p. 5). Since this code leaves a lot of room for professional interpretation, a counselor who is adhering to the ACA Code of Ethics, would need to utilize the outlined principles above to make an ethically professional decision. Those principles are guiding factors in all ethical decision making, therefore the most
The formal definition of ethics is as follows, moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity or alternatively the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. (Ethics definition: dictionary.com, 2014)
The ACS codes of ethics is a part of the ACS constitution. As an ACS member you must uphold and advance the honor, dignity and effectiveness of being a professional. This involves, in addition of being a good citizen and acting within the law. While Because of their roles in developing software systems, software engineers have significant opportunities to do well or cause harm, to enable others to do well or cause harm, or to influence others to do well or cause harm. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial
Every day addiction specialists are faced with scenarios that make them question their ethical and moral backdrop; trying to acclimate the right choice can often times be problematic, even for the most advanced specialist. There are permissible ethical guiding principles that are universal or aphorisms that lead ethical perceptive and comportment (NAADAC, 2008). These guiding principle are commonly held as the values that head the behavior of an individual (Falls, 2006).