Ethical Scenario Mid Term The scenario presented comes with several ethical issues that can be discussed. The treatment of two clients that are in a relationship or related puts a practitioner in a difficult ethical position and can pose as a threat to the practitioners practice and reputation if situations are not handled in an appropriate manner. In the case of Hillary and Matthew, the practitioner should have considered their relationship when it was first disclosed to them. The ending situation may have been avoided for the practitioner if, when disclosed, one or more of the practitioner-patient relationship had been severed. Because dual or multiple relationships with in a single practitioner’s office can be a serious conflict of …show more content…
While it would violate Matthews trust and confidentiality, she may not see it in that light. I feel as though I may not be able to continue to see him either. I would need to consider my own ability to remain bias in this situation and in the future. If I could not continue to treat him without bias, then it would be best for his own healing to refer him to another practitioner or facility. On the side of Hillary, I would also speak with her about safe sexual relationships since she brought up contraception’s. I would encourage her and any partners to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases prior to sexual contact of any kind to protect her safety. I would inform her further about condom’s and the importance of protecting one’s own health by using methods that are proven to protect against sexual transmitted diseases and pregnancy including abstinence. If Matthew refused to tell her, I would have to tell her that I would refer her to another practitioner that could continue her healing because working with both has caused a conflict of interest. I would explain to her that this is the best decision for her continued healing and the best for all parties involved. Due to privacy and practitioner-patient confidentiality it would be vital that I not reveal information to either party that is specific to the other. Informing them of basic sexual
People from all walks of life face many ethical dilemmas. These dilemmas have consequences. Our worldview determines how we deal with these dilemmas, and guides us to the right decisions. In this essay, I will examine an ethical issues through my Christian worldview. I will also present other viewpoints, and compare them to mine.
Clearly, confidentiality is essential to the healing process. However, though it may appear to be a relatively easy concept, its application in the therapeutic atmosphere has proven to be quite complex (Younggren & Harris, p. 589). One issue that causes confusion for many professionals pertains to the differences between confidentiality and legal privilege. Quite often, ethical obligations overlap with the legal requirements. Frequently, the practitioner is not well informed about these particular limits on confidentiality and this lack of knowledge can place both the client and the helping professional at risk (Younggren & Harris, p.590, 598).
Ethical dilemmas occur when there is a disagreement about a situation and all parties involved question how they should behave based on their individual ethical morals. (Newman & Pollnitz, 2005). The dilemma that I will be addressing in this essay involves Michael, recently employed male educator working in the nursery, and parents of a baby enrolled at the centre. The parents have raised concerns about male educators changing their child’s nappy as they have cultural practices that do not allow this practice to take place. This situation is classed as an ethical dilemma as there is a dispute between cultural beliefs and legal requirements within the workplace. There are four parties involved (parents, child, educator and director), all
This paper will discuss the concept of non-sexual dual relationships between Ms. C and Ms. R., and the ethical consequences of relationships. This paper will also an ethical standard to use a guide when facing a dilemma like Ms. C. In addition to discussing ethical consequences, this paper will also explore how ethical decisions must be made to avoid potentially harmful or exploitive relationships in therapy as well understanding how the Virginia Certificate Board, located in Virginia, may deal with reporting dual relationships, and how different interactions between Ms. C and Ms. R can be understood from an ethical standpoint, as well as preventive measures to avoid dual relationships.
Nurses are faced with ethical dilemmas every day. There are a lot of different beliefs surrounding ethics and the code of ethics. Ethics and ethical issues have always existed, that is why they have put in place the code of ethics. The American Nursing Association (ANA) Code of Ethics isa guideline to help nurses determine which course of action to pursue. Every minute many ethical decisions are made, some may not comply with guidelines and others the patient’s will never understand. In this case study the nurse is put in an uncomfortable position and has two find a way to comply with the family, the patient, and the doctor’s orders.How can she report to the doctor the information the daughter has told her? How she approached
In my opinion Amy should follow the guidelines that are set by the Doctor and clinic that she works at. Amy is a medical assistant therefore this must be handled by the Doctor regardless of what her opinion is. Her role as a medical assistant is to take care of the patients for the Doctor. She does not have the permission to make decisions with the patients or give medical advice. I don’t think Dr. Williams should express his beliefs to others, because he is not obligated to tell you any religious beliefs but he is able to tell his clients what the pill or any other prescriptions can cause. This would be an ethical problem because he is going by his religious beliefs when everyone religious and beliefs are
This is also stated in subsection 1-421 of the AACC code of ethics (AACC Law and Ethics Committee, 2004, p 12). However, the ACA guidelines with regards to this area are more comprehensive and clearly stated than the AACC guidelines. Section B of the ACA code of ethics provides guidelines on how a counselor can maintain client confidentiality in various circumstances such as incapacity of client, when treatment calls for services with others and even in consulting other counselors (American Counseling Association, 2005, p 7-9). On the other hand, the guidelines of the AACC are more limited in scope as can be seen in Section ES1-400 (AACC Law and Ethics Committee, 2004, p 11-13).
As with any patient/client relationships, there are several ethical considerations that should be paid special attention, and if any are present, should be reported immediately. These include any suicidal or homicidal
Another ethical issue that I may face while treating Gary is that we are culturally different. He is a gay man who has spent many years caring for a partner that had AIDS, a situation that I, as a straight, unmarried woman, have never experienced. Similarly, Gary may feel that our cultural differences will cause me to misunderstand him. If he asks, I will be honest about the fact that I have no personal experience caring for a terminally ill partner or navigating the issues faced by the LGBTQIA community. In order to address these issues, my goal is to be warm and empathetic towards Gary and to strive for a phenomenological understanding of his world. This will help us build a rapport as we work towards his growth. Additionally, I plan to seek out research that may help me understand his situation more thoroughly and enable me to provide competent care.
“Brad is a production engineer at a bicycle company and part of his job includes inspecting broken bikes and drafting the design repairs for their repair” (Bartlett). Brad is considering replacing a broken brake cable with a more durable material, even though the customer did not request it in their order and specifically requested that “No aesthetic changes be made to the bike” (Bartlett). Brad’s manager suggests that his considered actions would go against the company’s policy of “The customer is always right.” Should Brad disobey the manager and the customer to possibly lose his job or go along with
Build a mirror CRM production system over the next two weeks so that a rebuilding of the main CRM system could occur to plug security holes and assure that another DoS attack would not be successful.
In this paper I'm going to discuss the speculations related to ethics within the field of criminal value. The principle way I will do this is by elucidate in detail the "unsafe inclination" and its relationship to tips, using cases. Second I will discuss Theories with respect to open pollution and how police corruption makes has transformed into an issue as the years advanced. There are three huge theories as for open pollution: society-all over the place hypothesis, fundamental or affiliation theory, and ruined apple hypothesis. Each of these speculations gives another look as to police contamination. The speculations are Society-everywhere Hypothesis, Structural or Affiliation Hypothesis and The Rotten Apple Hypothesis. With a particular
According to the first principle, nonmaleficience, it would not be appropriate as a professional to practice medicine based on his or her own beliefs and not consider the patients feelings about the operation. In this particular case, regarding religious constrictions the doctor must decide if the patients’ needs outweigh the ethical belief of nonmaleficience. Asserting empathy in this case could prove to be a problem. How does a person wholly understand the beliefs of another when they have not been exposed to those beliefs and culture that supplied this person with their values of living? Understanding a patient’s background can significantly impact a decision. If a doctor were to treat a Jehovah Witness with blood they need to understand the impact they would be having on their patient’s life.
By withholding information from the client in respecting the wishes of Michael’s family by keeping the truth from the patient was posed by his family members. As a social worker, the primary mission is to “enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with attention to the needs and empowerment of individuals who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty” (Code of Ethics of the National Association of
Situation Ethics An Anglican theologian Joseph Fletcher developed situation Ethics. Legalism is the idea that there are fixed moral laws which are to be obeyed at all times. Antinomianism is the idea that there are no fixed moral principles but that one acts morally spontaneously. Fletcher rejects Legalism because it cannot accommodate 'exceptions to the rule'.