Ethics plays a part in almost every aspect of one’s life. Ethics is defined as: “the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group or culture” The school you attend, your favorite restaurant, and your favorite sports team all have a code of ethics to follow. Those organizations as well as many other things including any group, especially a group for counseling, has a code of ethics. They also have ethical issues within each program. In counseling, some ethic issues that could arrive are, informed consent, involuntary membership, and freedom to withdraw from a group. However, the ethical issue that caught my attention in the Corey’s textbook is Involuntary Membership. This particular ethic issue grasped my attention because I haven’t thought about the involuntary groups that could come about. I knew there were certain circumstances where group counseling wasn’t voluntary but, until reading this section, it hadn’t crossed my mine.
My first thought looking at the issue itself, “Involuntary Membership”, I automatically thought of my brother. My brother was placed in a halfway house when I was about 13, he was 22. I believe that a halfway house is sort of like a group. You live with these people, eat with these people, and have mandatory counseling sessions with these people, in most cases. Also, it is involuntary, it was either the halfway house or jail. I started to imagine what was going through his head at this time and
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
Since my journey here at Bryant began in September, I have changed so much. Coming here, I expected certain things such as my study habits, daily routine and friend group to be altered. One change I was not anticipating making was my approach to ethics. Over the course of the past fifteen weeks, my knowledge of ethics as well as my approach to ethics has changed. I have become more knowledgeable about the different approaches to ethics and have gained insight as to where I stand in my approach to ethics.
thical work by program evaluators needs honesty and transparency among stakeholders. The ethical guidelines are crucial to carrying out any form data collection. The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE) help protects both the stakeholders and evaluators (JCSEE, 2016). The power of data, however, to decide program deficiencies and tell the field evaluators about effective programs. Ethical considerations and dilemmas found in Grand City’s “Ethical Dilemmas,” “Project Plan for Evaluation Statewide Afterschool Initiative,” and “Evaluation of a School Improvement Grant to Increase Parent Involvement” comes down to objectivity. What we think of objectivity is bias, prejudice, and the underlying assumptions that may
Ethics is one of the most important considerations when making a decision about end of life. It is also where the most controversy lies as arguments, using ethical theories, can be made for and against laws on end of life. “Ethics has at least two primary functions: to guide our actions, and to provide justification for the guidance given” (Schuklenk et al., 2011, p. 42). A duty-oriented ethicist would be against euthanasia and physician assisted death. They believe “we can’t stop all pain; what is crucial is that we act with dignity and respect in the face of suffering” (Edge & Groves, 2006, p.40). “Kant’s view is a person committing suicide takes the easy way out, where reason would dictate he or she face their problems” (Schuklenk et al., 2011, p.38). Virtue ethicists would also be against euthanasia and physician assisted death. Virtue ethicists hold “it is not only important to do the right thing but equally to have the right disposition, motivation, and traits for being good and doing right” (Edge & Groves, 2006, p.43). As a believer in God, a virtue ethicist would hold suicide as an unreasonable option. They would believe God to be the “sole arbiter of life and death” (Schuklenk et al., 2011, p.42) and therefore, the right thing to do would be for God to end their life as he sees fit.
“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
I am a counselor and educator at the Hemophilia Foundation in Chicago, Illinois. I work with individuals and families who are at risk for AIDS and HIV. During my first session with John on Monday, he disclosed his concern that he might have contracted HIV during a blood transfusion. In fact, John agrees the best course of action is to be tested for HIV. On Wednesday, John comes in my office after finding out that he tested positive for HIV. In addition, John would like for me to help break the news of his diagnosis to his girlfriend Sally, and her parents. Unfortunately, I did receive a call from the hospital stating that John is in the ICU with pneumonia and AIDs.
Is the new cancer drug more effective than standard protocol? Does the new cancer drug increase the population prevalence, and decreases mortality than the standard protocol? The independent variable is the experimental treatment and the dependent variable is cancer.
The issue of ethical choices as assessed from the perspective of the modern population may appear easier than it might seem at the time when the decision was made. In the situation of the Founding Fathers and the choice that they made with respect to establishing the state in the form that was discussed during the closed seating, could be justified by the result they achieved. For utilitarian ethics and the ethics of virtue, their activities should have been justified and supported. Still, it may also be questioned if there was the need to complete the procedure covered.
Life is not guarantee but death is. There is no simple way to discuss death especially with the ones we love the most. However, it is one that people need to have more of. How and when is not necessarily determine in all situations. Who would you want to be your decision maker? Who would make these decisions for you and in regards to your actual life? If you want to be resuscitated or put on life support all require medical directives. For example, you get in a car crash and then are brain dead. Would you rather be put on life support or naturally die? Ultimately, if you are dying or die you want to have directives and people in pace to assist you. In this essay will describe some of the legal and ethical aspects associated with consent, role
Whose interests are advanced by sustaining the "war on drugs"? Are these interests designed to advance the greatest good for the greatest number of citizens? What ethical arguments by way of consequentialism facilitate your analysis?
The case in this ethical and legal issue is quite complicated. Patient is 89 years old; recently lost his wife of 60 years a week ago. He attempted suicide by gunshot and left a note; he admitted that he was too heartbroken to go on. His prognosis even with surgery is not good. However, his big family wants to proceed with the surgery. End-of-life (EOL) care often becomes an issue for a family of dying patient, especially if they cannot make a decision nor have contradictory desires (Blais & Hayes, 2016). Having this patient committed suicide even makes this end-of-life care more complicated. While the case needs to be reported to the authority due to its legal issue, the ethical issue remains.
Each year, there are patients who are faced with end of life choices that can sometimes be predicted, but at times, something they would have believed never would happen. When the choice is not their own to make, what is the right decision when the time comes? Do the families help to make the decision when the patient is incapable to do so? And will the person know to make the decision that is based on what is in the patient’s best interest? As there isn’t always a direct note discussing what are the most recent requests at the end of life, the decision can be difficult and can create conflict and debate in determining what is the “right decision”. Doctors, as well as nurses, play a large role in this decision, and should be able to help set
This situation, while extreme, presents us with a myriad of different ethical dilemmas involving the respect for life. Although we may not face this kind of grave situation on a daily basis the lessons we can learn from this case study can be applied to the ethics based questions we do encounter in everyday life. By examining the choices and intentions of each of the involved individuals we are able to see the application of different arguments and points of view. While the parties involved differ greatly in their beliefs and convictions, every individual concerned is attempting to protect the sanctity of human life in the way that they believe is best.
Women in the world work hard, multi-task, and balance home life and work life every day and the choice to bring life into the world, we have no control of the health of our babies we bore. This is one task which we have no control of, yet we pray to God to even become pregnant or bless the baby to be just healthy. In the world today, many women experience suffrage, with childbearing. The internal emotions fall to the wayside without the acknowledgment from other medical doctors to assist, with pain and healing within. A woman blessed with the chance to bring life into the world, and then right before her eyes, life simultaneously changes because of a health dilemma. Then the test of choices become a life or death situation for an unborn child ethically, morally, the belief the Power of God, and the evaluation of life over selfishness or selfless’ in motherhood?
The areas of responsibility that I identified as most relevant to healthcare administrators when dealing with impaired individuals are: