Ethics Made Easy

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OUTLINE

I:         Introduction to Ethics:

            a.  Facts About Ethics

            b.  Ethical Codes

            c.  Careless Ethical Behavior

            d.  Factors That Make Ethics Complicated

II:        Managing Ethical Behavior:

            a.  Failure To Read, Understand, Implement and Document

            b.  Practical Reasons to Know, Understand and Follow Codes

            c.  Ethical Dilemmas

            d.  Ethical Principles

III:      Codes of Ethics:

            a.  NASW

            b.  ACA

            c.  AAMFT 

IV:       Specific Ethical Standards:

            a.  Confidentiality

            b.  Informed Consent

            c.  Duty to Warn

            d.  Dual Relationships

            e.  Competence

            f.   Boundaries

V.        Who Do Licensing Boards Represent?

VI:       Ethical Decision Making Models

            a.  General Components of Ethical Decision Making

            b.  Cottone’s Model For Decision Making

            c.  Tarvydas’ Model For Decision Making

            d.  Steps to Ethical Decision Making

VII:     Preventing Ethical Dilemmas

Goal:              Participants will learn how to identify, assess and manage ethical dilemmas to protect clients from

                        exploitation and themselves from investigations and lawsuits.

Objectives:  1.  Participants will review professional codes of ethics and identify what they can do to protect clients

                                and themselves.

                        2.  Participants will learn how to manage their own behavior with clients within the constraints of ethical

                             principles and guidelines.

                        3.  Participants will learn how to assess the potential for exploitation by knowing the rules which govern

                             common situations which can become ethical dilemmas.

                        4.  Participants will learn how to make informed decision about professional conduct by utilizing one of

                             two decision making models.

Methods:        Text, case presentation, post test, resource list.

Author:          Bill Malone, MSW, LISW-S is owner of Malone Counseling and Consulting Services LLC. Bill has 28 years

                        of social work experience.  He has been a professional workshop presenter for 20 years. He has

                        presented workshops on clinical supervision, ethics, grief/loss and  working with toxic co-workers, just to

                        mention a few. His clinical orientation is cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused and problem solving

                        therapy. Mr. Malone works with children, adolescents, couples and families. He provides practical

                        information that his workshop participants can utilize right away.

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